#3718A8#3718A8

#3718A8 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.205 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3718A8
RGB	rgb(55, 24, 168)
HSL	hsl(253, 75%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 86%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 85.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.61, 52.56, -70.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.61, 87.57, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0346 -0.2022)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.205 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9678, 4.2919, 37.3940)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3718A8 #89A818

analogous

#1841A8 #3718A8 #7F18A8

triadic

#3718A8 #A83718 #18A837

tetradic

#3718A8 #A81841 #89A818 #18A87F

square

#3718A8 #A81841 #89A818 #18A87F

split-complementary

#3718A8 #A87F18 #41A818

monochromatic

#14093D #251072 #3718A8 #4920DE #7354E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#3718A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#3718A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3718A8

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3718A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3718A8	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0035A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3718a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 24, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.205 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5cc3',
    500: '#3718a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3718a8;
$custom-light: #7f5cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3718a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.917,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37416,
    "c": 0.20511,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3718A8

secondary

#B0C953

accent

#F236C9

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F8

border

#CBC5D1

text

#0C0413

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3718A8

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

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