#3A237D#3A237D

#3A237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.143 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A237D
RGB	rgb(58, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.24, 34.78, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.24, 58.73, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.0448 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.143 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0465, 3.5820, 19.7709)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.41

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A237D #667D23

analogous

#23397D #3A237D #67237D

triadic

#3A237D #7D3A23 #237D3A

tetradic

#3A237D #7D2339 #667D23 #237D67

square

#3A237D #7D2339 #667D23 #237D67

split-complementary

#3A237D #7D6723 #397D23

monochromatic

#0E081D #24164D #3A237D #5030AD #6E4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#3A237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3A237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A237D

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A237D	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.143 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7760a3',
    500: '#3a237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a237d;
$custom-light: #7760a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34483,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A237D

secondary

#96AF4C

accent

#E048B9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A237D

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

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