#36228D#36228D

#36228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.165 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36228D
RGB	rgb(54, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 39.73, -55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 68.55, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.0359 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.165 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8996, 3.8509, 25.5739)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36228D #798D22

analogous

#22448D #36228D #6C228D

triadic

#36228D #8D3622 #228D36

tetradic

#36228D #8D2244 #798D22 #228D6C

square

#36228D #8D2244 #798D22 #228D6C

split-complementary

#36228D #8D6C22 #448D22

monochromatic

#100A2A #23165C #36228D #492EBE #6C54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#36228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#36228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36228D

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36228D	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.165 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860af',
    500: '#36228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36228d;
$custom-light: #7860af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.215,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35519,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36228D

secondary

#A6B951

accent

#E444C6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36228D

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

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