#3D236D#3D236D

#3D236D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.122 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D236D
RGB	rgb(61, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.20, 30.49, -38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.20, 49.31, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(33.39% 0.0518 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(33.39% 0.122 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2851, 3.2982, 14.8232)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 6.21

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D236D #536D23

analogous

#232E6D #3D236D #62236D

triadic

#3D236D #6D3D23 #236D3D

tetradic

#3D236D #6D232E #536D23 #236D62

square

#3D236D #6D232E #536D23 #236D62

split-complementary

#3D236D #6D6223 #2E6D23

monochromatic

#0D0717 #23143F #3D236D #57329B #7347C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#3D236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#3D236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D236D

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D236D	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.122 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775f97',
    500: '#3d236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d236d;
$custom-light: #775f97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.081,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33388,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D236D

secondary

#83A04B

accent

#DB4DA9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D236D

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

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