#3B22A8#3B22A8

#3B22A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.197 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B22A8
RGB	rgb(59, 34, 168)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 79.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 48.59, -66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 82.76, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% 0.036 -0.1933)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.197 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4413, 4.9003, 37.4865)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B22A8 #8FA822

analogous

#224CA8 #3B22A8 #7E22A8

triadic

#3B22A8 #A83B22 #22A83B

tetradic

#3B22A8 #A8224C #8FA822 #22A87E

square

#3B22A8 #A8224C #8FA822 #22A87E

split-complementary

#3B22A8 #A87E22 #4CA822

monochromatic

#170D42 #291875 #3B22A8 #5032D5 #7C65E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#3B22A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#3B22A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B22A8

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B22A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B22A8	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b22a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 34, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.197 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062c3',
    500: '#3b22a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b22a8;
$custom-light: #8062c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b22a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.194,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38769,
    "c": 0.19668,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B22A8

secondary

#B2C561

accent

#E93FC9

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0EAF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0513

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B22A8

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

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