#3D237E#3D237E

#3D237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.144 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D237E
RGB	rgb(61, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.65, 35.63, -47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.65, 59.19, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0492 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.144 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2903, 3.7003, 20.1174)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D237E #647E23

analogous

#23377E #3D237E #6B237E

triadic

#3D237E #7E3D23 #237E3D

tetradic

#3D237E #7E2337 #647E23 #237E6B

square

#3D237E #7E2337 #647E23 #237E6B

split-complementary

#3D237E #7E6B23 #377E23

monochromatic

#0F081E #26164E #3D237E #5430AE #724ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#3D237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#3D237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D237E

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D237E	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.144 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960a4',
    500: '#3d237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d237e;
$custom-light: #7960a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34886,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D237E

secondary

#94B04C

accent

#E048B4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D237E

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

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