#3A228B#3A228B

#3A228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.162 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A228B
RGB	rgb(58, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 39.67, -54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 67.24, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(35.69% 0.0425 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(35.69% 0.162 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9757, 3.9073, 24.8077)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A228B #738B22

analogous

#223F8B #3A228B #6F228B

triadic

#3A228B #8B3A22 #228B3A

tetradic

#3A228B #8B223F #738B22 #228B6F

square

#3A228B #8B223F #738B22 #228B6F

split-complementary

#3A228B #8B6F22 #3F8B22

monochromatic

#110A29 #25165A #3A228B #4F2EBC #7053D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#3A228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#3A228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A228B

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A228B	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#113F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.162 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a60ae',
    500: '#3a228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a228b;
$custom-light: #7a60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35688,
    "c": 0.16198,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A228B

secondary

#A1B850

accent

#E444BF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A228B

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

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