#3B23A4#3B23A4

#3B23A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.191 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B23A4
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 164)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 78.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 46.91, -64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 80.15, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0366 -0.1875)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.191 281)
XYZ	xyz(9.1034, 4.8115, 35.5638)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B23A4 #8CA423

analogous

#234CA4 #3B23A4 #7C23A4

triadic

#3B23A4 #A43B23 #23A43B

tetradic

#3B23A4 #A4234C #8CA423 #23A47C

square

#3B23A4 #A4234C #8CA423 #23A47C

split-complementary

#3B23A4 #A47C23 #4CA423

monochromatic

#170D3F #291872 #3B23A4 #4F31D3 #7A64DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#3B23A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#3B23A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B23A4

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B23A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B23A4	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b23a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.191 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f62c0',
    500: '#3b23a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b23a4;
$custom-light: #7f62c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b23a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.163,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38463,
    "c": 0.19109,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.04812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B23A4

secondary

#B1C360

accent

#E840C9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B23A4

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

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