#3A3040#3A3040

#3A3040 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.031 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A3040
RGB	rgb(58, 48, 64)
HSL	hsl(278, 14%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 25%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.52, 8.15, -8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.52, 11.68, 314.25°)
OKLab	oklab(32.66% 0.0209 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(32.66% 0.031 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.7271, 3.3836, 5.3063)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A3040 #364030

analogous

#323040 #3A3040 #40303E

triadic

#3A3040 #403A30 #30403A

tetradic

#3A3040 #403230 #364030 #303E40

square

#3A3040 #403230 #364030 #303E40

split-complementary

#3A3040 #3E4030 #304032

monochromatic

#100D11 #1A161D #3A3040 #5A4A63 #796486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#3A3040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#3A3040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A3040

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A3040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A3040	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E3341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30343F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a3040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 48, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.031 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#706874',
    500: '#3a3040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a3040;
$custom-light: #706874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a3040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32659,
    "c": 0.03084,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A3040

secondary

#63705C

accent

#B7718B

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#ECEBED

border

#C7C6C8

text

#070608

muted

#7A7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A3040

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

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