#36237E#36237E

#36237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.145 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36237E
RGB	rgb(54, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.92, 34.39, -48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.92, 59.46, 305.34°)
OKLab	oklab(34.18% 0.0385 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(34.18% 0.145 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8871, 3.4924, 20.0985)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36237E #6B7E23

analogous

#233E7E #36237E #64237E

triadic

#36237E #7E3623 #237E36

tetradic

#36237E #7E233E #6B7E23 #237E64

square

#36237E #7E233E #6B7E23 #237E64

split-complementary

#36237E #7E6423 #3E7E23

monochromatic

#0D081E #21164E #36237E #4B30AE #684ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#36237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#36237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36237E

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36237E	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#153B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.145 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7560a4',
    500: '#36237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36237e;
$custom-light: #7560a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.527,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34183,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36237E

secondary

#9CB04C

accent

#E048C0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36237E

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

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