#3B23A7#3B23A7

#3B23A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.195 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B23A7
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 167)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 79%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.51, 47.81, -66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.51, 81.73, 305.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.78% 0.0358 -0.1913)
OKLCH	oklch(38.78% 0.195 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3775, 4.9212, 37.0074)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B23A7 #8FA723

analogous

#234DA7 #3B23A7 #7D23A7

triadic

#3B23A7 #A73B23 #23A73B

tetradic

#3B23A7 #A7234D #8FA723 #23A77D

square

#3B23A7 #A7234D #8FA723 #23A77D

split-complementary

#3B23A7 #A77D23 #4DA723

monochromatic

#170E42 #291874 #3B23A7 #5033D4 #7C66DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#3B23A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#3B23A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B23A7

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B23A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B23A7	1.00	10.58	1.98	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b23a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.195 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062c2',
    500: '#3b23a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b23a7;
$custom-light: #8062c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b23a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38779,
    "c": 0.19463,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B23A7

secondary

#B2C461

accent

#E83FCA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0513

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B23A7

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

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