#3B23A8#3B23A8

#3B23A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.196 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B23A8
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 168)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 79.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.62, 48.11, -66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.62, 82.25, 305.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0355 -0.1926)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.196 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4703, 4.9583, 37.4962)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B23A8 #90A823

analogous

#234EA8 #3B23A8 #7E23A8

triadic

#3B23A8 #A83B23 #23A83B

tetradic

#3B23A8 #A8234E #90A823 #23A87E

square

#3B23A8 #A8234E #90A823 #23A87E

split-complementary

#3B23A8 #A87E23 #4EA823

monochromatic

#170E43 #291875 #3B23A8 #5134D5 #7C66DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#3B23A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#3B23A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B23A8

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B23A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B23A8	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b23a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.196 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062c3',
    500: '#3b23a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b23a8;
$custom-light: #8062c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b23a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.827,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38885,
    "c": 0.1958,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B23A8

secondary

#B3C562

accent

#E83FCA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0513

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B23A8

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

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