#36217A#36217A

#36217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.142 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36217A
RGB	rgb(54, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.12, 34.29, -47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.12, 58.39, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(33.5% 0.0411 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(33.5% 0.142 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5770, 3.2768, 18.7472)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36217A #657A21

analogous

#21397A #36217A #62217A

triadic

#36217A #7A3621 #217A36

tetradic

#36217A #7A2139 #657A21 #217A62

square

#36217A #7A2139 #657A21 #217A62

split-complementary

#36217A #7A6221 #397A21

monochromatic

#0B071A #21144A #36217A #4B2EAA #6748CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#36217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#36217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36217A

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36217A	1.00	12.69	1.66	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.142 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755ea1',
    500: '#36217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36217a;
$custom-light: #755ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.157,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33499,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36217A

secondary

#96AD4A

accent

#E147BC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F3

border

#C8C5CD

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36217A

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

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