#36217B#36217B

#36217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.143 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36217B
RGB	rgb(54, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.21, 34.61, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.21, 58.97, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(33.6% 0.0409 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(33.6% 0.143 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6393, 3.3017, 19.0752)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36217B #667B21

analogous

#21397B #36217B #63217B

triadic

#36217B #7B3621 #217B36

tetradic

#36217B #7B2139 #667B21 #217B63

square

#36217B #7B2139 #667B21 #217B63

split-complementary

#36217B #7B6321 #397B21

monochromatic

#0C071A #21144B #36217B #4B2EAB #6848CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#36217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#36217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36217B

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36217B	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.143 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755ea2',
    500: '#36217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36217b;
$custom-light: #755ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33595,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36217B

secondary

#97AE4A

accent

#E147BD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36217B

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

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