#3B229C#3B229C

#3B229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.183 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B229C
RGB	rgb(59, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(252, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 44.99, -61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 76.44, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.0395 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.183 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3745, 4.4736, 31.8682)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B229C #839C22

analogous

#22469C #3B229C #78229C

triadic

#3B229C #9C3B22 #229C3B

tetradic

#3B229C #9C2246 #839C22 #229C78

square

#3B229C #9C2246 #839C22 #229C78

split-complementary

#3B229C #9C7822 #469C22

monochromatic

#150C38 #28176A #3B229C #4E2DCE #775DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#3B229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#3B229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B229C

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B229C	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.183 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61ba',
    500: '#3b229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b229c;
$custom-light: #7e61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.295,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37506,
    "c": 0.18253,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B229C

secondary

#ABC05A

accent

#E741C5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B229C

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

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