#3B238F#3B238F

#3B238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.166 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B238F
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 40.51, -55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 68.83, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0423 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.166 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3611, 4.1146, 26.3876)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B238F #778F23

analogous

#23418F #3B238F #71238F

triadic

#3B238F #8F3B23 #238F3B

tetradic

#3B238F #8F2341 #778F23 #238F71

square

#3B238F #8F2341 #778F23 #238F71

split-complementary

#3B238F #8F7123 #418F23

monochromatic

#120B2D #27175E #3B238F #4F2FC0 #7357D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#3B238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3B238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B238F

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B238F	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.166 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b61b1',
    500: '#3b238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b238f;
$custom-light: #7b61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36314,
    "c": 0.16574,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B238F

secondary

#A3BA54

accent

#E444C0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B238F

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

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