#3A236B#3A236B

#3A236B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.119 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A236B
RGB	rgb(58, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(259, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.69, 29.21, -38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.69, 48.17, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(32.88% 0.0475 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(32.88% 0.119 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9991, 3.1630, 14.2542)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A236B #546B23

analogous

#23306B #3A236B #5E236B

triadic

#3A236B #6B3A23 #236B3A

tetradic

#3A236B #6B2330 #546B23 #236B5E

square

#3A236B #6B2330 #546B23 #236B5E

split-complementary

#3A236B #6B5E23 #306B23

monochromatic

#0C0817 #21143D #3A236B #533299 #6E46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.86

#3A236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#3A236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A236B

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A236B	1.00	12.86	1.63	12.86
#FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C3443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.119 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755f96',
    500: '#3a236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a236b;
$custom-light: #755f96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.167,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32882,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A236B

secondary

#849E4B

accent

#DA4EAD

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A236B

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

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