#3D228B#3D228B

#3D228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.162 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D228B
RGB	rgb(61, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 40.13, -53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 67.09, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% 0.0471 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.162 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1553, 3.9999, 24.8161)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D228B #708B22

analogous

#223B8B #3D228B #72228B

triadic

#3D228B #8B3D22 #228B3D

tetradic

#3D228B #8B223B #708B22 #228B72

square

#3D228B #8B223B #708B22 #228B72

split-complementary

#3D228B #8B7222 #3B8B22

monochromatic

#120A29 #27165A #3D228B #532EBC #7453D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#3D228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#3D228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D228B

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D228B	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.162 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60ae',
    500: '#3d228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d228b;
$custom-light: #7c60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35979,
    "c": 0.16171,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D228B

secondary

#9EB850

accent

#E444BB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D228B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →