#35238B#35238B

#35238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.162 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35238B
RGB	rgb(53, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(250, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.08, 38.40, -54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.08, 66.90, 305.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% 0.0342 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.162 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7280, 3.8226, 24.8044)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35238B #798B23

analogous

#23458B #35238B #69238B

triadic

#35238B #8B3523 #238B35

tetradic

#35238B #8B2345 #798B23 #238B69

square

#35238B #8B2345 #798B23 #238B69

split-complementary

#35238B #8B6923 #458B23

monochromatic

#100A29 #22175A #35238B #482FBC #6A54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#35238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#35238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #35238B

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##35238B	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.162 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7760ae',
    500: '#35238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35238b;
$custom-light: #7760ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.385,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35367,
    "c": 0.16155,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35238B

secondary

#A6B852

accent

#E345C8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #35238B

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

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