#3A238B#3A238B

#3A238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.161 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A238B
RGB	rgb(58, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 39.13, -53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 66.66, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.83% 0.0417 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(35.83% 0.161 285)
XYZ	xyz(7.0047, 3.9653, 24.8174)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A238B #748B23

analogous

#23408B #3A238B #6E238B

triadic

#3A238B #8B3A23 #238B3A

tetradic

#3A238B #8B2340 #748B23 #238B6E

square

#3A238B #8B2340 #748B23 #238B6E

split-complementary

#3A238B #8B6E23 #408B23

monochromatic

#110A29 #26175A #3A238B #4E2FBC #7154D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#3A238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#3A238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A238B

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A238B	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#113F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.161 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a60ae',
    500: '#3a238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a238b;
$custom-light: #7a60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.269,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35825,
    "c": 0.16088,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.03966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A238B

secondary

#A1B852

accent

#E345C0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A238B

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

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