#36255C#36255C

#36255C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.095 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36255C
RGB	rgb(54, 37, 92)
HSL	hsl(259, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 59.8%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, 22.30, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 37.62, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(31.58% 0.0394 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(31.58% 0.095 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.1142, 2.8800, 10.4623)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36255C #4B5C25

analogous

#25305C #36255C #51255C

triadic

#36255C #5C3625 #255C36

tetradic

#36255C #5C2530 #4B5C25 #255C51

square

#36255C #5C2530 #4B5C25 #255C51

split-complementary

#36255C #5C5125 #305C25

monochromatic

#0D0916 #1C1330 #36255C #503788 #6948B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#36255C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#36255C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36255C

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36255C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36255C	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A305E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#102E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D303C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36255c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 37, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.095 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70608a',
    500: '#36255c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36255c;
$custom-light: #70608a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36255c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 42.636,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31583,
    "c": 0.09462,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36255C

secondary

#7B8F4D

accent

#D255AC

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#08050C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #36255C

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

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