#36216B#36216B

#36216B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.122 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36216B
RGB	rgb(54, 33, 107)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.77, 29.56, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.77, 49.58, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(32.12% 0.0437 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(32.12% 0.122 291)
XYZ	xyz(4.7183, 2.9333, 14.2247)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36216B #566B21

analogous

#21316B #36216B #5B216B

triadic

#36216B #6B3621 #216B36

tetradic

#36216B #6B2131 #566B21 #216B5B

square

#36216B #6B2131 #566B21 #216B5B

split-complementary

#36216B #6B5B21 #316B21

monochromatic

#0C0717 #1E133C #36216B #4E2F9A #6742C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.23

#36216B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#36216B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36216B

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36216B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36216B	1.00	13.23	1.59	13.23
#FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36216b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 33, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.122 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725e96',
    500: '#36216b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36216b;
$custom-light: #725e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36216b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.027,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32117,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.02934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36216B

secondary

#869F49

accent

#DC4CB3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #36216B

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

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