#36218A#36218A

#36218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.162 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36218A
RGB	rgb(54, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.68, 39.33, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.68, 67.46, 305.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0374 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.162 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6512, 3.7065, 24.4048)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36218A #758A21

analogous

#21408A #36218A #6A218A

triadic

#36218A #8A3621 #218A36

tetradic

#36218A #8A2140 #758A21 #218A6A

square

#36218A #8A2140 #758A21 #218A6A

split-complementary

#36218A #8A6A21 #408A21

monochromatic

#0F0927 #231559 #36218A #492DBB #6B50D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#36218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#36218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36218A

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36218A	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.162 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785fad',
    500: '#36218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36218a;
$custom-light: #785fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35078,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36218A

secondary

#A3B94E

accent

#E543C4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36218A

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

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