#3B229E#3B229E

#3B229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.185 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B229E
RGB	rgb(59, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.39, 45.60, -62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.39, 77.50, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.0389 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.185 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5453, 4.5419, 32.7675)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B229E #859E22

analogous

#22479E #3B229E #79229E

triadic

#3B229E #9E3B22 #229E3B

tetradic

#3B229E #9E2247 #859E22 #229E79

square

#3B229E #9E2247 #859E22 #229E79

split-complementary

#3B229E #9E7922 #479E22

monochromatic

#150C39 #28176C #3B229E #4E2DD0 #785EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#3B229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#3B229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B229E

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B229E	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.185 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61bc',
    500: '#3b229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b229e;
$custom-light: #7e61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.097,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37714,
    "c": 0.18491,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B229E

secondary

#ACC15B

accent

#E840C6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B229E

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

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