#3B236E#3B236E

#3B236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.123 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B236E
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 30.35, -39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 49.94, 307.43°)
OKLab	oklab(33.25% 0.0487 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(33.25% 0.123 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2184, 3.2575, 15.1026)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 5.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B236E #566E23

analogous

#23306E #3B236E #60236E

triadic

#3B236E #6E3B23 #236E3B

tetradic

#3B236E #6E2330 #566E23 #236E60

square

#3B236E #6E2330 #566E23 #236E60

split-complementary

#3B236E #6E6023 #306E23

monochromatic

#0C0717 #221440 #3B236E #54329C #6F47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#3B236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#3B236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B236E

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B236E	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00316C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.123 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765f98',
    500: '#3b236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b236e;
$custom-light: #765f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33248,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B236E

secondary

#86A14C

accent

#DB4DAE

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B236E

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

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