#3B229F#3B229F

#3B229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.186 H 282.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B229F
RGB	rgb(59, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.49, 45.90, -63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.49, 78.03, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.0386 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.186 282)
XYZ	xyz(8.6317, 4.5764, 33.2226)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B229F #869F22

analogous

#22479F #3B229F #79229F

triadic

#3B229F #9F3B22 #229F3B

tetradic

#3B229F #9F2247 #869F22 #229F79

square

#3B229F #9F2247 #869F22 #229F79

split-complementary

#3B229F #9F7922 #479F22

monochromatic

#160C3A #28176D #3B229F #4E2DD1 #785FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#3B229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#3B229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B229F

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B229F	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.186 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61bd',
    500: '#3b229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b229f;
$custom-light: #7e61bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37818,
    "c": 0.1861,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.04577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B229F

secondary

#ADC15B

accent

#E840C6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B229F

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

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