#3B229B#3B229B

#3B229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.181 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B229B
RGB	rgb(59, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(252, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 44.69, -61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 75.90, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0398 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.181 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2902, 4.4398, 31.4241)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B229B #829B22

analogous

#22459B #3B229B #78229B

triadic

#3B229B #9B3B22 #229B3B

tetradic

#3B229B #9B2245 #829B22 #229B78

square

#3B229B #9B2245 #829B22 #229B78

split-complementary

#3B229B #9B7822 #459B22

monochromatic

#150C37 #281769 #3B229B #4E2DCD #765CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#3B229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#3B229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B229B

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B229B	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.181 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61ba',
    500: '#3b229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b229b;
$custom-light: #7e61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.397,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37402,
    "c": 0.18133,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B229B

secondary

#ABC059

accent

#E741C5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B229B

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

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