#36218B#36218B

#36218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.164 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36218B
RGB	rgb(54, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.78, 39.65, -55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.78, 68.01, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.18% 0.0372 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(35.18% 0.164 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7239, 3.7356, 24.7878)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36218B #768B21

analogous

#21418B #36218B #6B218B

triadic

#36218B #8B3621 #218B36

tetradic

#36218B #8B2141 #768B21 #218B6B

square

#36218B #8B2141 #768B21 #218B6B

split-complementary

#36218B #8B6B21 #418B21

monochromatic

#100A28 #23155A #36218B #492DBC #6B51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#36218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#36218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36218B

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36218B	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.164 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785fae',
    500: '#36218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36218b;
$custom-light: #785fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.887,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35179,
    "c": 0.16356,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36218B

secondary

#A4B94F

accent

#E543C5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36218B

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

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