#36238D#36238D

#36238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.164 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36238D
RGB	rgb(54, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 39.18, -55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 67.97, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.66% 0.0352 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(35.66% 0.164 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9286, 3.9089, 25.5835)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36238D #7A8D23

analogous

#23458D #36238D #6B238D

triadic

#36238D #8D3623 #238D36

tetradic

#36238D #8D2345 #7A8D23 #238D6B

square

#36238D #8D2345 #7A8D23 #238D6B

split-complementary

#36238D #8D6B23 #458D23

monochromatic

#100B2B #23175C #36238D #492FBE #6C55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#36238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#36238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36238D

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36238D	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.164 282.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.755,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35657,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36238D

secondary

#A7B953

accent

#E344C7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36238D

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

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