#3B238E#3B238E

#3B238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.165 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B238E
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 40.20, -55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 68.28, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.0425 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.165 285)
XYZ	xyz(7.2857, 4.0844, 25.9904)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B238E #768E23

analogous

#23418E #3B238E #71238E

triadic

#3B238E #8E3B23 #238E3B

tetradic

#3B238E #8E2341 #768E23 #238E71

square

#3B238E #8E2341 #768E23 #238E71

split-complementary

#3B238E #8E7123 #418E23

monochromatic

#120B2C #27175D #3B238E #4F2FBF #7356D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#3B238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3B238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B238E

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B238E	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#104156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.165 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b61b0',
    500: '#3b238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b238e;
$custom-light: #7b61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.458,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36215,
    "c": 0.1645,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.04085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B238E

secondary

#A3B953

accent

#E444C0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B238E

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

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