#3B237D#3B237D

#3B237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.143 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B237D
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 34.96, -47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 58.69, 306.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.0463 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.143 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1053, 3.6123, 19.7736)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.28

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B237D #657D23

analogous

#23387D #3B237D #68237D

triadic

#3B237D #7D3B23 #237D3B

tetradic

#3B237D #7D2338 #657D23 #237D68

square

#3B237D #7D2338 #657D23 #237D68

split-complementary

#3B237D #7D6823 #387D23

monochromatic

#0E081D #24164D #3B237D #5230AD #6F4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#3B237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3B237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B237D

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B237D	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#233A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.143 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860a3',
    500: '#3b237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b237d;
$custom-light: #7860a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34586,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B237D

secondary

#95AF4C

accent

#E048B7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B237D

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

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