#3A237F#3A237F

#3A237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.146 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A237F
RGB	rgb(58, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.42, 35.40, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.42, 59.88, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% 0.0444 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.146 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1756, 3.6336, 20.4505)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.51

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A237F #687F23

analogous

#233A7F #3A237F #68237F

triadic

#3A237F #7F3A23 #237F3A

tetradic

#3A237F #7F233A #687F23 #237F68

square

#3A237F #7F233A #687F23 #237F68

split-complementary

#3A237F #7F6823 #3A7F23

monochromatic

#0E091F #24164F #3A237F #5030AF #6E4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#3A237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3A237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A237F

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A237F	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.146 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860a5',
    500: '#3a237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a237f;
$custom-light: #7860a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3467,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A237F

secondary

#98B14C

accent

#E048BA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A237F

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

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