#36238E#36238E

#36238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.165 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36238E
RGB	rgb(54, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 39.50, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 68.52, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% 0.035 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.165 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0033, 3.9388, 25.9772)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36238E #7B8E23

analogous

#23468E #36238E #6C238E

triadic

#36238E #8E3623 #238E36

tetradic

#36238E #8E2346 #7B8E23 #238E6C

square

#36238E #8E2346 #7B8E23 #238E6C

split-complementary

#36238E #8E6C23 #468E23

monochromatic

#110B2C #23175D #36238E #492FBF #6D56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#36238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#36238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36238E

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36238E	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.165 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860b0',
    500: '#36238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36238e;
$custom-light: #7860b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.654,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35758,
    "c": 0.16517,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36238E

secondary

#A7B953

accent

#E444C7

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36238E

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

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