#3B229D#3B229D

#3B229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.184 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B229D
RGB	rgb(59, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(252, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.28, 45.30, -62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.28, 76.97, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0392 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.184 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4596, 4.5076, 32.3160)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B229D #849D22

analogous

#22479D #3B229D #78229D

triadic

#3B229D #9D3B22 #229D3B

tetradic

#3B229D #9D2247 #849D22 #229D78

square

#3B229D #9D2247 #849D22 #229D78

split-complementary

#3B229D #9D7822 #479D22

monochromatic

#150C38 #28176B #3B229D #4E2DCF #775DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#3B229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#3B229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B229D

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B229D	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.184 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61bb',
    500: '#3b229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b229d;
$custom-light: #7e61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.195,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3761,
    "c": 0.18372,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B229D

secondary

#ACC15A

accent

#E740C5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B229D

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

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