#3B23AB#3B23AB

#3B23AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.199 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B23AB
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 171)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 79.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.94, 49.01, -67.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.94, 83.81, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.21% 0.0346 -0.1963)
OKLCH	oklch(39.21% 0.199 280)
XYZ	xyz(9.7530, 5.0714, 38.9851)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B23AB #93AB23

analogous

#234FAB #3B23AB #7F23AB

triadic

#3B23AB #AB3B23 #23AB3B

tetradic

#3B23AB #AB234F #93AB23 #23AB7F

square

#3B23AB #AB234F #93AB23 #23AB7F

split-complementary

#3B23AB #AB7F23 #4FAB23

monochromatic

#180E45 #291978 #3B23AB #5235D6 #7D68E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#3B23AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#3B23AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B23AB

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B23AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B23AB	1.00	10.42	2.01	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b23ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.199 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162c5',
    500: '#3b23ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b23ab;
$custom-light: #8162c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b23ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 66.019,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39205,
    "c": 0.19931,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.05072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B23AB

secondary

#B5C664

accent

#E93FCB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0513

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B23AB

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

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