#3E227D#3E227D

#3E227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.144 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E227D
RGB	rgb(62, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 36.08, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 59.19, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.0519 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.144 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2593, 3.6486, 19.7725)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E227D #617D22

analogous

#22337D #3E227D #6B227D

triadic

#3E227D #7D3E22 #227D3E

tetradic

#3E227D #7D2233 #617D22 #227D6B

square

#3E227D #7D2233 #617D22 #227D6B

split-complementary

#3E227D #7D6B22 #337D22

monochromatic

#0E081D #26154D #3E227D #562FAD #744BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#3E227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3E227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E227D

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E227D	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.144 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a60a3',
    500: '#3e227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e227d;
$custom-light: #7a60a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34755,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E227D

secondary

#91B04B

accent

#E047B1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E227D

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

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