#3B239B#3B239B

#3B239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.180 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B239B
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.25, 44.18, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.25, 75.37, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0391 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.18 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3192, 4.4978, 31.4338)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B239B #839B23

analogous

#23479B #3B239B #77239B

triadic

#3B239B #9B3B23 #239B3B

tetradic

#3B239B #9B2347 #839B23 #239B77

square

#3B239B #9B2347 #839B23 #239B77

split-complementary

#3B239B #9B7723 #479B23

monochromatic

#150C37 #281869 #3B239B #4E2ECD #775EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#3B239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#3B239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B239B

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B239B	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.180 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61ba',
    500: '#3b239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b239b;
$custom-light: #7d61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37527,
    "c": 0.18037,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B239B

secondary

#ABBF5A

accent

#E642C5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B239B

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

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