#3B248C#3B248C

#3B248C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.161 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B248C
RGB	rgb(59, 36, 140)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 74.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 39.04, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 66.59, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.0422 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.161 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1667, 4.0846, 25.2166)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B248C #758C24

analogous

#24418C #3B248C #6F248C

triadic

#3B248C #8C3B24 #248C3B

tetradic

#3B248C #8C2441 #758C24 #248C6F

square

#3B248C #8C2441 #758C24 #248C6F

split-complementary

#3B248C #8C6F24 #418C24

monochromatic

#120B2B #26175B #3B248C #5031BD #7257D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#3B248C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3B248C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B248C

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B248C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B248C	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#134056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b248c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 36, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.161 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b61af',
    500: '#3b248c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b248c;
$custom-light: #7b61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b248c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.269,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36156,
    "c": 0.1609,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B248C

secondary

#A2B854

accent

#E246C0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B248C

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

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