#35238D#35238D

#35238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.164 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35238D
RGB	rgb(53, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(250, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 39.04, -55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 68.01, 305.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.0337 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.164 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8754, 3.8815, 25.5810)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35238D #7B8D23

analogous

#23468D #35238D #6A238D

triadic

#35238D #8D3523 #238D35

tetradic

#35238D #8D2346 #7B8D23 #238D6A

square

#35238D #8D2346 #7B8D23 #238D6A

split-complementary

#35238D #8D6A23 #468D23

monochromatic

#100B2B #23175C #35238D #472FBE #6B55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#35238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#35238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #35238D

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##35238D	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.164 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860af',
    500: '#35238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35238d;
$custom-light: #7860af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.189,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35569,
    "c": 0.16408,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35238D

secondary

#A8B953

accent

#E344C8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #35238D

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

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