#3A227D#3A227D

#3A227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.144 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A227D
RGB	rgb(58, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 35.35, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 59.34, 306.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.34% 0.0457 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(34.34% 0.144 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0175, 3.5240, 19.7612)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A227D #657D22

analogous

#22377D #3A227D #67227D

triadic

#3A227D #7D3A22 #227D3A

tetradic

#3A227D #7D2237 #657D22 #227D67

square

#3A227D #7D2237 #657D22 #227D67

split-complementary

#3A227D #7D6722 #377D22

monochromatic

#0D081D #24154D #3A227D #502FAD #6E4BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#3A227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#3A227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A227D

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A227D	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.144 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785fa3',
    500: '#3a227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a227d;
$custom-light: #785fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.824,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34335,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A227D

secondary

#95B04B

accent

#E047B8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A227D

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

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