#36238C#36238C

#36238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.163 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36238C
RGB	rgb(54, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 38.86, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 67.41, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0354 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.163 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8545, 3.8793, 25.1934)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36238C #798C23

analogous

#23458C #36238C #6B238C

triadic

#36238C #8C3623 #238C36

tetradic

#36238C #8C2345 #798C23 #238C6B

square

#36238C #8C2345 #798C23 #238C6B

split-complementary

#36238C #8C6B23 #458C23

monochromatic

#100B2A #23175B #36238C #492FBD #6C55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#36238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#36238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36238C

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36238C	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.163 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860af',
    500: '#36238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36238c;
$custom-light: #7860af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35556,
    "c": 0.16267,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36238C

secondary

#A6B852

accent

#E345C6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36238C

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

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