#3E227C#3E227C

#3E227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.143 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E227C
RGB	rgb(62, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.38, 35.78, -46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.38, 58.62, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.66% 0.0521 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(34.66% 0.143 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1957, 3.6232, 19.4378)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E227C #607C22

analogous

#22337C #3E227C #6B227C

triadic

#3E227C #7C3E22 #227C3E

tetradic

#3E227C #7C2233 #607C22 #227C6B

square

#3E227C #7C2233 #607C22 #227C6B

split-complementary

#3E227C #7C6B22 #337C22

monochromatic

#0E081C #26154C #3E227C #562FAC #734BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#3E227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3E227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E227C

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E227C	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.143 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5fa3',
    500: '#3e227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e227c;
$custom-light: #7a5fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34664,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E227C

secondary

#90AF4B

accent

#E048B1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E227C

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

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