#36237C#36237C

#36237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.142 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36237C
RGB	rgb(54, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.73, 33.75, -47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.73, 58.30, 305.38°)
OKLab	oklab(33.99% 0.0388 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(33.99% 0.142 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7594, 3.4413, 19.4256)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36237C #697C23

analogous

#233C7C #36237C #62237C

triadic

#36237C #7C3623 #237C36

tetradic

#36237C #7C233C #697C23 #237C62

square

#36237C #7C233C #697C23 #237C62

split-complementary

#36237C #7C6223 #3C7C23

monochromatic

#0C081D #21164C #36237C #4B30AC #684DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#36237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#36237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36237C

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36237C	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#183A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.142 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755fa3',
    500: '#36237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36237c;
$custom-light: #755fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.809,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33993,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36237C

secondary

#9AAF4C

accent

#DF49BF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36237C

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

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