#36259B#36259B

#36259B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.179 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36259B
RGB	rgb(54, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(249, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(249, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 42.52, -61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 74.52, 304.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0304 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.179 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0974, 4.4733, 31.4407)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36259B #8A9B25

analogous

#254F9B #36259B #71259B

triadic

#36259B #9B3625 #259B36

tetradic

#36259B #9B254F #8A9B25 #259B71

square

#36259B #9B254F #8A9B25 #259B71

split-complementary

#36259B #9B7125 #4F9B25

monochromatic

#140D38 #25196A #36259B #4731CC #7261D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#36259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#36259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36259B

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36259B	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.179 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b62ba',
    500: '#36259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36259b;
$custom-light: #7b62ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.644,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37364,
    "c": 0.17924,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36259B

secondary

#B1BF5D

accent

#E543CD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #36259B

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

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