#36255D#36255D

#36255D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.096 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36255D
RGB	rgb(54, 37, 93)
HSL	hsl(258, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(258, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 60.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.63, 22.61, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.63, 38.24, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(31.66% 0.0395 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(31.66% 0.096 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1582, 2.8976, 10.6940)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36255D #4C5D25

analogous

#25305D #36255D #52255D

triadic

#36255D #5D3625 #255D36

tetradic

#36255D #5D2530 #4C5D25 #255D52

square

#36255D #5D2530 #4C5D25 #255D52

split-complementary

#36255D #5D5225 #305D25

monochromatic

#0D0916 #1D1431 #36255D #4F3689 #6948B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.29

#36255D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#36255D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36255D

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36255D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36255D	1.00	13.29	1.58	13.29
#FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09305F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E2F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C313D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36255d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 37, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.096 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70608b',
    500: '#36255d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36255d;
$custom-light: #70608b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36255d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.214,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3166,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36255D

secondary

#7C904D

accent

#D355AD

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#08050C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #36255D

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

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