#36218E#36218E

#36218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.167 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36218E
RGB	rgb(54, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.08, 40.58, -56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.08, 69.67, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.0364 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.167 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9461, 3.8245, 25.9581)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36218E #798E21

analogous

#21428E #36218E #6D218E

triadic

#36218E #8E3621 #218E36

tetradic

#36218E #8E2142 #798E21 #218E6D

square

#36218E #8E2142 #798E21 #218E6D

split-complementary

#36218E #8E6D21 #428E21

monochromatic

#100A2B #23155C #36218E #492DC0 #6C52D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#36218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#36218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36218E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36218E	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.167 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fb0',
    500: '#36218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36218e;
$custom-light: #795fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.56,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35486,
    "c": 0.16728,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36218E

secondary

#A6BA50

accent

#E542C6

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36218E

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

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