#3E227A#3E227A

#3E227A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.140 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E227A
RGB	rgb(62, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 72.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 35.18, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 57.48, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.0525 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.14 292)
XYZ	xyz(6.0705, 3.5731, 18.7784)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E227A #5E7A22

analogous

#22327A #3E227A #6A227A

triadic

#3E227A #7A3E22 #227A3E

tetradic

#3E227A #7A2232 #5E7A22 #227A6A

square

#3E227A #7A2232 #5E7A22 #227A6A

split-complementary

#3E227A #7A6A22 #327A22

monochromatic

#0D071A #26154A #3E227A #562FAA #734ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#3E227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3E227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E227A

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E227A	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.140 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fa1',
    500: '#3e227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e227a;
$custom-light: #795fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34482,
    "c": 0.14044,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.03573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E227A

secondary

#8EAD4B

accent

#E048AF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E227A

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

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