#3D238B#3D238B

#3D238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.161 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D238B
RGB	rgb(61, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 39.59, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 66.52, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.11% 0.0463 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(36.11% 0.161 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1843, 4.0579, 24.8258)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D238B #718B23

analogous

#233D8B #3D238B #71238B

triadic

#3D238B #8B3D23 #238B3D

tetradic

#3D238B #8B233D #718B23 #238B71

square

#3D238B #8B233D #718B23 #238B71

split-complementary

#3D238B #8B7123 #3D8B23

monochromatic

#120A29 #28175A #3D238B #522FBC #7454D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#3D238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#3D238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D238B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D238B	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.161 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61ae',
    500: '#3d238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d238b;
$custom-light: #7c61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36114,
    "c": 0.16059,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D238B

secondary

#9EB852

accent

#E345BB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D238B

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

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