#3B23A5#3B23A5

#3B23A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.192 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B23A5
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 78.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 47.21, -65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 80.68, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.57% 0.0363 -0.1888)
OKLCH	oklch(38.57% 0.192 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1941, 4.8478, 36.0412)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B23A5 #8DA523

analogous

#234CA5 #3B23A5 #7C23A5

triadic

#3B23A5 #A53B23 #23A53B

tetradic

#3B23A5 #A5234C #8DA523 #23A57C

square

#3B23A5 #A5234C #8DA523 #23A57C

split-complementary

#3B23A5 #A57C23 #4CA523

monochromatic

#170E40 #291873 #3B23A5 #5032D3 #7B64DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#3B23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#3B23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B23A5

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B23A5	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.192 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f62c1',
    500: '#3b23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b23a5;
$custom-light: #7f62c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.077,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38568,
    "c": 0.19228,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B23A5

secondary

#B1C460

accent

#E840C9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B23A5

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

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