#3A227C#3A227C

#3A227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.143 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A227C
RGB	rgb(58, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.94, 35.04, -47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.94, 58.77, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.24% 0.0459 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(34.24% 0.143 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9540, 3.4986, 19.4264)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A227C #647C22

analogous

#22377C #3A227C #67227C

triadic

#3A227C #7C3A22 #227C3A

tetradic

#3A227C #7C2237 #647C22 #227C67

square

#3A227C #7C2237 #647C22 #227C67

split-complementary

#3A227C #7C6722 #377C22

monochromatic

#0D081C #24154C #3A227C #502FAC #6E4BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#3A227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#3A227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A227C

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A227C	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.143 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775fa3',
    500: '#3a227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a227c;
$custom-light: #775fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34242,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A227C

secondary

#94AF4B

accent

#E048B8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A227C

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

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