#35238E#35238E

#35238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.165 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35238E
RGB	rgb(53, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(250, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 39.36, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 68.57, 305.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.0335 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.165 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9502, 3.9114, 25.9747)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35238E #7C8E23

analogous

#23478E #35238E #6A238E

triadic

#35238E #8E3523 #238E35

tetradic

#35238E #8E2347 #7C8E23 #238E6A

square

#35238E #8E2347 #7C8E23 #238E6A

split-complementary

#35238E #8E6A23 #478E23

monochromatic

#100B2C #23175D #35238E #472FBF #6B56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#35238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#35238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #35238E

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##35238E	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.165 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860b0',
    500: '#35238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35238e;
$custom-light: #7860b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.093,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35671,
    "c": 0.16534,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35238E

secondary

#A8B953

accent

#E444C9

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #35238E

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

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