#36218D#36218D

#36218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.166 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36218D
RGB	rgb(54, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.98, 40.27, -56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.98, 69.12, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(35.38% 0.0367 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(35.38% 0.166 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8714, 3.7946, 25.5645)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36218D #788D21

analogous

#21428D #36218D #6C218D

triadic

#36218D #8D3621 #218D36

tetradic

#36218D #8D2142 #788D21 #218D6C

square

#36218D #8D2142 #788D21 #218D6C

split-complementary

#36218D #8D6C21 #428D21

monochromatic

#100A2A #23155B #36218D #492DBF #6C52D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#36218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#36218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36218D

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36218D	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.166 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785faf',
    500: '#36218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36218d;
$custom-light: #785faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35384,
    "c": 0.16605,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36218D

secondary

#A5BA50

accent

#E543C6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36218D

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

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