#3C238E#3C238E

#3C238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.164 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C238E
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 40.35, -55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 68.23, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.044 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.164 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3455, 4.1153, 25.9932)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C238E #758E23

analogous

#233F8E #3C238E #72238E

triadic

#3C238E #8E3C23 #238E3C

tetradic

#3C238E #8E233F #758E23 #238E72

square

#3C238E #8E233F #758E23 #238E72

split-complementary

#3C238E #8E7223 #3F8E23

monochromatic

#130B2C #27175D #3C238E #512FBF #7456D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#3C238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3C238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C238E

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C238E	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#144056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.164 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61b0',
    500: '#3c238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c238e;
$custom-light: #7c61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.019,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3631,
    "c": 0.1644,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C238E

secondary

#A2B953

accent

#E444BE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C238E

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

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