#35063EDark Purple (#35063E) is a very dark, soft magenta with an OKLCH hue of 320°, lightness 0.25 and chroma 0.105. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #35063E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(53, 6, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(290, 82%, 13%) |
| HSV | hsv(290, 90%, 24%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(15%, 90%, 0%, 76%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(10.8 31.2 -23.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.245 0.105 320) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Dark Purple shifts subtly: leans toward pink; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: drifts toward purple. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#36063a — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward pink#36063d — ΔE 0.3, shifts subtly: leans toward pink#35063e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#35063f — ΔE 0.2, shifts subtly: drifts toward purpleTest Dark Purple in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 16.84:1 and against black 1.25:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ac8db2 · #896690 · #67416f · #461c4f · #35063e · #050009
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#3f4b7b · #3d356a · #3a1f56 · #35063e · #2e0026 · #230011
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#ce9ea2 · #a57dad · #a4545f · #6a4272 · #512d32 · #35063e
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#9fd595 · #837286 · #67506c · #433746 · #35063e · #120116
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#edf4eb · #b5aab7 · #6c716b · #3d333f · #35063e · #080e07
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#ecf5eb · #c2ccc1 · #959f92 · #192617 · #000500 · #35063e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#b1e1e1 · #95b830 · #725ba4 · #293828 · #35063e · #1f0511
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#c9faf9 · #d6df88 · #537164 · #2d372b · #35063e · #1e050f
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#fdf0db · #caa970 · #007f85 · #003f43 · #35063e · #150a00
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffeee5 · #da9f7e · #4c7e42 · #003c53 · #35063e · #011100
#542C5C · #74507B · #95759B · #B79DBD · #DAC5DF
#2F0537 · #280330 · #220229 · #1C0222 · #16011B
#310F38 · #2D1632 · #291A2C
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.