#36228B#36228B

#36228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.162 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36228B
RGB	rgb(54, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 39.10, -54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 67.44, 305.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.32% 0.0364 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(35.32% 0.162 283)
XYZ	xyz(6.7521, 3.7920, 24.7972)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36228B #778B22

analogous

#22428B #36228B #6B228B

triadic

#36228B #8B3622 #228B36

tetradic

#36228B #8B2242 #778B22 #228B6B

square

#36228B #8B2242 #778B22 #228B6B

split-complementary

#36228B #8B6B22 #428B22

monochromatic

#100A29 #23165A #36228B #492EBC #6B53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#36228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#36228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36228B

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36228B	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)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.162 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860ae',
    500: '#36228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36228b;
$custom-light: #7860ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35316,
    "c": 0.16249,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.03792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36228B

secondary

#A5B850

accent

#E444C5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36228B

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

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