#3B236A#3B236A

#3B236A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.118 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B236A
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(260, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.72, 29.13, -37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.72, 47.56, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(32.91% 0.0491 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(32.91% 0.118 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0055, 3.1724, 13.9815)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 6.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B236A #526A23

analogous

#232E6A #3B236A #5F236A

triadic

#3B236A #6A3B23 #236A3B

tetradic

#3B236A #6A232E #526A23 #236A5F

square

#3B236A #6A232E #526A23 #236A5F

split-complementary

#3B236A #6A5F23 #2E6A23

monochromatic

#0D0817 #21143C #3B236A #553298 #7046C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#3B236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#3B236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B236A

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B236A	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.118 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755f95',
    500: '#3b236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b236a;
$custom-light: #755f95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.282,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3291,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B236A

secondary

#829D4B

accent

#DA4EAB

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B236A

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

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