#3A237A#3A237A

#3A237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.139 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A237A
RGB	rgb(58, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 33.85, -45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 57.00, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.21% 0.0453 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(34.21% 0.139 289)
XYZ	xyz(5.8578, 3.5065, 18.7767)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A237A #637A23

analogous

#23377A #3A237A #65237A

triadic

#3A237A #7A3A23 #237A3A

tetradic

#3A237A #7A2337 #637A23 #237A65

square

#3A237A #7A2337 #637A23 #237A65

split-complementary

#3A237A #7A6523 #377A23

monochromatic

#0D081B #23154A #3A237A #5131AA #6E4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#3A237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#3A237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A237A

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A237A	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.139 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7760a1',
    500: '#3a237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a237a;
$custom-light: #7760a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.862,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34206,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.03507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A237A

secondary

#93AD4C

accent

#DF49B7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A237A

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

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