#36238F#36238F

#36238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.166 H 282.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36238F
RGB	rgb(54, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 39.81, -56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 69.08, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0347 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.166 282)
XYZ	xyz(7.0787, 3.9690, 26.3743)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36238F #7C8F23

analogous

#23468F #36238F #6C238F

triadic

#36238F #8F3623 #238F36

tetradic

#36238F #8F2346 #7C8F23 #238F6C

square

#36238F #8F2346 #7C8F23 #238F6C

split-complementary

#36238F #8F6C23 #468F23

monochromatic

#110B2D #23175E #36238F #492FC0 #6D57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#36238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#36238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36238F

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36238F	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.166 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960b1',
    500: '#36238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36238f;
$custom-light: #7960b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3586,
    "c": 0.16643,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.0397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36238F

secondary

#A8BA54

accent

#E444C8

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36238F

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

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