#36228E#36228E

#36228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.166 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36228E
RGB	rgb(54, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 40.04, -56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 69.10, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.0357 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.166 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9743, 3.8808, 25.9675)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36228E #7A8E22

analogous

#22448E #36228E #6C228E

triadic

#36228E #8E3622 #228E36

tetradic

#36228E #8E2244 #7A8E22 #228E6C

square

#36228E #8E2244 #7A8E22 #228E6C

split-complementary

#36228E #8E6C22 #448E22

monochromatic

#100A2B #23165D #36228E #492EBF #6C54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#36228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#36228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36228E

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36228E	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.166 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960b0',
    500: '#36228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36228e;
$custom-light: #7960b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35621,
    "c": 0.16624,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36228E

secondary

#A7BA52

accent

#E443C7

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36228E

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

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