#3B229A#3B229A

#3B229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.180 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B229A
RGB	rgb(59, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(253, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.97, 44.39, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.97, 75.37, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.0401 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.18 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2066, 4.4064, 30.9837)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B229A #819A22

analogous

#22459A #3B229A #77229A

triadic

#3B229A #9A3B22 #229A3B

tetradic

#3B229A #9A2245 #819A22 #229A77

square

#3B229A #9A2245 #819A22 #229A77

split-complementary

#3B229A #9A7722 #459A22

monochromatic

#150C36 #281768 #3B229A #4E2DCC #765BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#3B229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#3B229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B229A

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B229A	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.180 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61b9',
    500: '#3b229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b229a;
$custom-light: #7d61b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37299,
    "c": 0.18013,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B229A

secondary

#AABF58

accent

#E741C4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B229A

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

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