#3E227B#3E227B

#3E227B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.142 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E227B
RGB	rgb(62, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.30, 35.48, -45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.30, 58.05, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.57% 0.0523 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(34.57% 0.142 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1328, 3.5980, 19.1064)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E227B #5F7B22

analogous

#22337B #3E227B #6A227B

triadic

#3E227B #7B3E22 #227B3E

tetradic

#3E227B #7B2233 #5F7B22 #227B6A

square

#3E227B #7B2233 #5F7B22 #227B6A

split-complementary

#3E227B #7B6A22 #337B22

monochromatic

#0E071B #26154B #3E227B #562FAB #734ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#3E227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3E227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E227B

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E227B	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.142 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5fa2',
    500: '#3e227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e227b;
$custom-light: #7a5fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.876,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34573,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E227B

secondary

#8FAE4B

accent

#E048B0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E227B

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

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