#3B238D#3B238D

#3B238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.163 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B238D
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 39.90, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 67.73, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.0428 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.163 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2109, 4.0545, 25.5968)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B238D #758D23

analogous

#23408D #3B238D #70238D

triadic

#3B238D #8D3B23 #238D3B

tetradic

#3B238D #8D2340 #758D23 #238D70

square

#3B238D #8D2340 #758D23 #238D70

split-complementary

#3B238D #8D7023 #408D23

monochromatic

#120B2B #26175C #3B238D #502FBE #7255D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#3B238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#3B238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B238D

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B238D	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.163 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b61af',
    500: '#3b238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b238d;
$custom-light: #7b61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36116,
    "c": 0.16326,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B238D

secondary

#A2B953

accent

#E344BF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B238D

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

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