#36228A#36228A

#36228A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.161 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36228A
RGB	rgb(54, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 38.78, -54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 66.88, 305.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.22% 0.0367 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(35.22% 0.161 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6794, 3.7629, 24.4142)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36228A #768A22

analogous

#22428A #36228A #6A228A

triadic

#36228A #8A3622 #228A36

tetradic

#36228A #8A2242 #768A22 #228A6A

square

#36228A #8A2242 #768A22 #228A6A

split-complementary

#36228A #8A6A22 #428A22

monochromatic

#100A28 #231659 #36228A #492EBB #6B52D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#36228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#36228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36228A

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36228A	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.161 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860ad',
    500: '#36228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36228a;
$custom-light: #7860ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35215,
    "c": 0.16124,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36228A

secondary

#A4B850

accent

#E444C5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36228A

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

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