#3A238C#3A238C

#3A238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.162 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A238C
RGB	rgb(58, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 39.44, -54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 67.22, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.0415 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.162 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0781, 3.9946, 25.2039)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A238C #758C23

analogous

#23418C #3A238C #6F238C

triadic

#3A238C #8C3A23 #238C3A

tetradic

#3A238C #8C2341 #758C23 #238C6F

square

#3A238C #8C2341 #758C23 #238C6F

split-complementary

#3A238C #8C6F23 #418C23

monochromatic

#110B2A #26175B #3A238C #4E2FBD #7155D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#3A238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#3A238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A238C

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A238C	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.162 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a61af',
    500: '#3a238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a238c;
$custom-light: #7a61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35923,
    "c": 0.16213,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A238C

secondary

#A2B852

accent

#E345C0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A238C

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

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