#3C238F#3C238F

#3C238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.166 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C238F
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 40.66, -55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 68.78, 306.23°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.0438 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.166 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4209, 4.1455, 26.3904)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C238F #768F23

analogous

#23408F #3C238F #72238F

triadic

#3C238F #8F3C23 #238F3C

tetradic

#3C238F #8F2340 #768F23 #238F72

square

#3C238F #8F2340 #768F23 #238F72

split-complementary

#3C238F #8F7223 #408F23

monochromatic

#130B2D #27175E #3C238F #512FC0 #7457D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#3C238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#3C238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C238F

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C238F	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#134157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.166 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61b1',
    500: '#3c238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c238f;
$custom-light: #7c61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.889,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36409,
    "c": 0.16562,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C238F

secondary

#A2BA54

accent

#E444BF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C238F

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

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