#3A236E#3A236E

#3A236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.123 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A236E
RGB	rgb(58, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.93, 30.13, -39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.93, 49.96, 307.10°)
OKLab	oklab(33.14% 0.0471 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(33.14% 0.123 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1597, 3.2272, 15.0999)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A236E #576E23

analogous

#23316E #3A236E #5F236E

triadic

#3A236E #6E3A23 #236E3A

tetradic

#3A236E #6E2331 #576E23 #236E5F

square

#3A236E #6E2331 #576E23 #236E5F

split-complementary

#3A236E #6E5F23 #316E23

monochromatic

#0C0717 #221440 #3A236E #52329C #6D47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.76

#3A236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#3A236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A236E

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A236E	1.00	12.76	1.65	12.76
#FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00316C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B3545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.123 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755f98',
    500: '#3a236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a236e;
$custom-light: #755f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.4,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33138,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A236E

secondary

#87A14C

accent

#DB4DAF

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A236E

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

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