#3A238D#3A238D

#3A238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.163 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A238D
RGB	rgb(58, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 39.75, -54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 67.77, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(36.02% 0.0412 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(36.02% 0.163 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1522, 4.0243, 25.5940)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A238D #768D23

analogous

#23418D #3A238D #6F238D

triadic

#3A238D #8D3A23 #238D3A

tetradic

#3A238D #8D2341 #768D23 #238D6F

square

#3A238D #8D2341 #768D23 #238D6F

split-complementary

#3A238D #8D6F23 #418D23

monochromatic

#120B2B #26175C #3A238D #4E2FBE #7155D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#3A238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#3A238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A238D

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A238D	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.163 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a61af',
    500: '#3a238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a238d;
$custom-light: #7a61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.019,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36022,
    "c": 0.16337,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A238D

secondary

#A3B953

accent

#E344C1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A238D

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

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