#3218A8#3218A8

#3218A8 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.206 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3218A8
RGB	rgb(50, 24, 168)
HSL	hsl(251, 75%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 86%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 85.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 52.19, -70.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 87.92, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.027 -0.2044)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.206 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7076, 4.1577, 37.3818)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3218A8 #8EA818

analogous

#1846A8 #3218A8 #7A18A8

triadic

#3218A8 #A83218 #18A832

tetradic

#3218A8 #A81846 #8EA818 #18A87A

square

#3218A8 #A81846 #8EA818 #18A87A

split-complementary

#3218A8 #A87A18 #46A818

monochromatic

#12093D #221072 #3218A8 #4220DE #6E54E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#3218A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#3218A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3218A8

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3218A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3218A8	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0033A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3218a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 24, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.206 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5cc3',
    500: '#3218a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3218a8;
$custom-light: #7d5cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3218a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.833,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37017,
    "c": 0.20616,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3218A8

secondary

#B4C953

accent

#F236D0

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#EFE9F8

border

#CAC5D1

text

#0B0413

muted

#7C7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3218A8

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

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