#3D238D#3D238D

#3D238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.163 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D238D
RGB	rgb(61, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 40.20, -54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 67.63, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0458 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.163 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3318, 4.1168, 25.6024)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D238D #738D23

analogous

#233E8D #3D238D #72238D

triadic

#3D238D #8D3D23 #238D3D

tetradic

#3D238D #8D233E #738D23 #238D72

square

#3D238D #8D233E #738D23 #238D72

split-complementary

#3D238D #8D7223 #3E8D23

monochromatic

#130B2B #28175C #3D238D #522FBE #7555D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#3D238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3D238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D238D

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D238D	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.163 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61af',
    500: '#3d238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d238d;
$custom-light: #7c61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.717,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36309,
    "c": 0.16307,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D238D

secondary

#A0B953

accent

#E344BC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D238D

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

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