#3E2285#3E2285

#3E2285 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.154 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2285
RGB	rgb(62, 34, 133)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 74.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 38.48, -50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 63.70, 307.16°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.0502 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.154 289)
XYZ	xyz(6.7910, 3.8613, 22.5732)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.29

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2285 #698522

analogous

#223785 #3E2285 #6F2285

triadic

#3E2285 #853E22 #22853E

tetradic

#3E2285 #852237 #698522 #22856F

square

#3E2285 #852237 #698522 #22856F

split-complementary

#3E2285 #856F22 #378522

monochromatic

#110924 #271654 #3E2285 #552EB6 #744FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#3E2285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#3E2285 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2285

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2285	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 34, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.154 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b60a9',
    500: '#3e2285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2285;
$custom-light: #7b60a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.97,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35503,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.03862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2285

secondary

#98B64D

accent

#E245B6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2285

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

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