#3B228F#3B228F

#3B228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.167 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B228F
RGB	rgb(59, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 41.05, -55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 69.40, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.043 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.167 285)
XYZ	xyz(7.3321, 4.0566, 26.3779)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B228F #768F22

analogous

#22408F #3B228F #71228F

triadic

#3B228F #8F3B22 #228F3B

tetradic

#3B228F #8F2240 #768F22 #228F71

square

#3B228F #8F2240 #768F22 #228F71

split-complementary

#3B228F #8F7122 #408F22

monochromatic

#120A2C #27165E #3B228F #4F2EC0 #7355D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#3B228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#3B228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B228F

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B228F	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.167 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b60b1',
    500: '#3b228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b228f;
$custom-light: #7b60b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.761,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36181,
    "c": 0.16681,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.04057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B228F

secondary

#A3BA52

accent

#E543C0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B228F

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

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