#36238B#36238B

#36238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.161 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36238B
RGB	rgb(54, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 38.54, -54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 66.85, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.46% 0.0357 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(35.46% 0.161 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7811, 3.8500, 24.8069)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36238B #788B23

analogous

#23448B #36238B #6A238B

triadic

#36238B #8B3623 #238B36

tetradic

#36238B #8B2344 #788B23 #238B6A

square

#36238B #8B2344 #788B23 #238B6A

split-complementary

#36238B #8B6A23 #448B23

monochromatic

#100A29 #23175A #36238B #492FBC #6C54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#36238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#36238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36238B

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36238B	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.161 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860ae',
    500: '#36238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36238b;
$custom-light: #7860ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.962,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35456,
    "c": 0.1614,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36238B

secondary

#A5B852

accent

#E345C6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36238B

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

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