#36236A#36236A

#36236A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.118 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36236A
RGB	rgb(54, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(256, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.15, 28.00, -38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.15, 47.64, 306.00°)
OKLab	oklab(32.36% 0.0415 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(32.36% 0.118 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7231, 3.0268, 13.9682)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36236A #576A23

analogous

#23346A #36236A #59236A

triadic

#36236A #6A3623 #236A36

tetradic

#36236A #6A2334 #576A23 #236A59

square

#36236A #6A2334 #576A23 #236A59

split-complementary

#36236A #6A5923 #346A23

monochromatic

#0C0817 #1F143C #36236A #4D3298 #6746C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.08

#36236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#36236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36236A

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36236A	1.00	13.08	1.61	13.08
#FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.118 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725f95',
    500: '#36236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36236a;
$custom-light: #725f95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.056,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32362,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36236A

secondary

#879D4B

accent

#DA4EB4

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #36236A

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

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