#36237B#36237B

#36237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.141 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36237B
RGB	rgb(54, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.64, 33.43, -47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.64, 57.72, 305.40°)
OKLab	oklab(33.9% 0.039 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(33.9% 0.141 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6964, 3.4161, 19.0943)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36237B #687B23

analogous

#233C7B #36237B #62237B

triadic

#36237B #7B3623 #237B36

tetradic

#36237B #7B233C #687B23 #237B62

square

#36237B #7B233C #687B23 #237B62

split-complementary

#36237B #7B6223 #3C7B23

monochromatic

#0C081C #21154B #36237B #4B31AB #684CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#36237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#36237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36237B

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36237B	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#193A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.141 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755fa2',
    500: '#36237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36237b;
$custom-light: #755fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.955,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33898,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36237B

secondary

#99AE4C

accent

#DF49BF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36237B

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

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