#36209B#36209B

#36209B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.184 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36209B
RGB	rgb(54, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 45.12, -62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 77.24, 305.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.0335 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.184 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9524, 4.1832, 31.3924)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36209B #859B20

analogous

#20489B #36209B #74209B

triadic

#36209B #9B3620 #209B36

tetradic

#36209B #9B2048 #859B20 #209B74

square

#36209B #9B2048 #859B20 #209B74

split-complementary

#36209B #9B7420 #489B20

monochromatic

#130B36 #241668 #36209B #482ACE #7059DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#36209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#36209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36209B

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36209B	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.184 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5fba',
    500: '#36209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36209b;
$custom-light: #7b5fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.732,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36726,
    "c": 0.18404,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36209B

secondary

#AEC156

accent

#E93FCA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #36209B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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