#3E227E#3E227E

#3E227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.145 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E227E
RGB	rgb(62, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.56, 36.38, -47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.56, 59.76, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.0517 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.146 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3235, 3.6743, 20.1106)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E227E #627E22

analogous

#22347E #3E227E #6C227E

triadic

#3E227E #7E3E22 #227E3E

tetradic

#3E227E #7E2234 #627E22 #227E6C

square

#3E227E #7E2234 #627E22 #227E6C

split-complementary

#3E227E #7E6C22 #347E22

monochromatic

#0F081E #26154E #3E227E #562FAE #744CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#3E227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#3E227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E227E

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E227E	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.145 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a60a4',
    500: '#3e227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e227e;
$custom-light: #7a60a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34847,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E227E

secondary

#92B14B

accent

#E147B2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E227E

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

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