#3D236B#3D236B

#3D236B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.119 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D236B
RGB	rgb(61, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(262, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(262, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.04, 29.90, -37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.04, 48.12, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(33.22% 0.052 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(33.22% 0.119 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.1786, 3.2556, 14.2626)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 6.43

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D236B #516B23

analogous

#232D6B #3D236B #61236B

triadic

#3D236B #6B3D23 #236B3D

tetradic

#3D236B #6B232D #516B23 #236B61

square

#3D236B #6B232D #516B23 #236B61

split-complementary

#3D236B #6B6123 #2D6B23

monochromatic

#0D0817 #23143D #3D236B #573299 #7346C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#3D236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#3D236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D236B

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D236B	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.119 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775f96',
    500: '#3d236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d236b;
$custom-light: #775f96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33221,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D236B

secondary

#809E4B

accent

#DA4EA7

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D236B

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

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