#3B23A3#3B23A3

#3B23A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.190 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B23A3
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 163)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 78.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 46.61, -64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 79.63, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% 0.0369 -0.1863)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.19 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0134, 4.7755, 35.0900)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B23A3 #8BA323

analogous

#234BA3 #3B23A3 #7B23A3

triadic

#3B23A3 #A33B23 #23A33B

tetradic

#3B23A3 #A3234B #8BA323 #23A37B

square

#3B23A3 #A3234B #8BA323 #23A37B

split-complementary

#3B23A3 #A37B23 #4BA323

monochromatic

#170D3E #291871 #3B23A3 #4F31D3 #7A63DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#3B23A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#3B23A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B23A3

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B23A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B23A3	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b23a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.190 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f62bf',
    500: '#3b23a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b23a3;
$custom-light: #7f62bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b23a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38358,
    "c": 0.18991,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B23A3

secondary

#B0C35F

accent

#E840C8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B23A3

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

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