#33238E#33238E

#33238E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.166 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33238E
RGB	rgb(51, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(249, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(249, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 39.09, -56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 68.67, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.0305 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.166 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8472, 3.8583, 25.9699)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33238E #7E8E23

analogous

#23498E #33238E #69238E

triadic

#33238E #8E3323 #238E33

tetradic

#33238E #8E2349 #7E8E23 #238E69

square

#33238E #8E2349 #7E8E23 #238E69

split-complementary

#33238E #8E6923 #498E23

monochromatic

#100B2C #21175D #33238E #452FBF #6956D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#33238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#33238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #33238E

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##33238E	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.166 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7760b0',
    500: '#33238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33238e;
$custom-light: #7760b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.972,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.355,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33238E

secondary

#AAB953

accent

#E444CC

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #33238E

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

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