#36237D#36237D

#36237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.143 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36237D
RGB	rgb(54, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 34.07, -48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 58.88, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% 0.0386 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.143 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8229, 3.4667, 19.7604)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36237D #6A7D23

analogous

#233D7D #36237D #63237D

triadic

#36237D #7D3623 #237D36

tetradic

#36237D #7D233D #6A7D23 #237D63

square

#36237D #7D233D #6A7D23 #237D63

split-complementary

#36237D #7D6323 #3D7D23

monochromatic

#0D081D #21164D #36237D #4B30AD #684DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#36237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#36237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36237D

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36237D	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#173B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.143 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7560a3',
    500: '#36237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36237d;
$custom-light: #7560a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34087,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36237D

secondary

#9BAF4C

accent

#E048C0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36237D

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

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