#3B227D#3B227D

#3B227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.144 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B227D
RGB	rgb(59, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 35.53, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 59.30, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.44% 0.0473 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(34.44% 0.144 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0763, 3.5543, 19.7639)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B227D #647D22

analogous

#22367D #3B227D #68227D

triadic

#3B227D #7D3B22 #227D3B

tetradic

#3B227D #7D2236 #647D22 #227D68

square

#3B227D #7D2236 #647D22 #227D68

split-complementary

#3B227D #7D6822 #367D22

monochromatic

#0E081D #24154D #3B227D #522FAD #6F4BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#3B227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3B227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B227D

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B227D	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#233A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.144 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785fa3',
    500: '#3b227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b227d;
$custom-light: #785fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.484,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34439,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B227D

secondary

#94B04B

accent

#E047B6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B227D

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

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