#3B239C#3B239C

#3B239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.182 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B239C
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 44.49, -61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 75.90, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.0389 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.182 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4035, 4.5316, 31.8779)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B239C #849C23

analogous

#23479C #3B239C #78239C

triadic

#3B239C #9C3B23 #239C3B

tetradic

#3B239C #9C2347 #849C23 #239C78

square

#3B239C #9C2347 #849C23 #239C78

split-complementary

#3B239C #9C7823 #479C23

monochromatic

#150D38 #28186A #3B239C #4E2ECE #775EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#3B239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#3B239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B239C

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B239C	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.182 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61ba',
    500: '#3b239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b239c;
$custom-light: #7e61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.901,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3763,
    "c": 0.18157,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B239C

secondary

#ACC05B

accent

#E641C6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B239C

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

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