#3B237A#3B237A

#3B237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.139 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B237A
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.08, 34.03, -45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.08, 56.96, 306.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.31% 0.0468 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(34.31% 0.139 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9165, 3.5368, 18.7795)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B237A #627A23

analogous

#23367A #3B237A #66237A

triadic

#3B237A #7A3B23 #237A3B

tetradic

#3B237A #7A2336 #627A23 #237A66

square

#3B237A #7A2336 #627A23 #237A66

split-complementary

#3B237A #7A6623 #367A23

monochromatic

#0D081B #24154A #3B237A #5231AA #6F4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#3B237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3B237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B237A

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B237A	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.139 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860a1',
    500: '#3b237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b237a;
$custom-light: #7860a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3431,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B237A

secondary

#92AD4C

accent

#DF49B5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B237A

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

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