#3A236A#3A236A

#3A236A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.118 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A236A
RGB	rgb(58, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(259, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.60, 28.90, -37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.60, 47.57, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(32.8% 0.0476 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(32.8% 0.118 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9468, 3.1421, 13.9787)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A236A #536A23

analogous

#232F6A #3A236A #5E236A

triadic

#3A236A #6A3A23 #236A3A

tetradic

#3A236A #6A232F #536A23 #236A5E

square

#3A236A #6A232F #536A23 #236A5E

split-complementary

#3A236A #6A5E23 #2F6A23

monochromatic

#0D0817 #21143C #3A236A #533298 #6E46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#3A236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#3A236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A236A

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A236A	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.118 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755f95',
    500: '#3a236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a236a;
$custom-light: #755f95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.437,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32798,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A236A

secondary

#839D4B

accent

#DA4EAD

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A236A

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

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