#3D238C#3D238C

#3D238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.162 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D238C
RGB	rgb(61, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.96, 39.89, -53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.96, 67.07, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0461 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.162 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2577, 4.0872, 25.2123)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D238C #728C23

analogous

#233E8C #3D238C #72238C

triadic

#3D238C #8C3D23 #238C3D

tetradic

#3D238C #8C233E #728C23 #238C72

square

#3D238C #8C233E #728C23 #238C72

split-complementary

#3D238C #8C7223 #3E8C23

monochromatic

#120B2A #28175B #3D238C #522FBD #7555D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#3D238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3D238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D238C

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D238C	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.162 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61af',
    500: '#3d238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d238c;
$custom-light: #7c61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36211,
    "c": 0.16183,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D238C

secondary

#9FB852

accent

#E345BC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D238C

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

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