#3E228B#3E228B

#3E228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.162 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E228B
RGB	rgb(62, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.78, 40.28, -53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.78, 67.04, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0487 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.162 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2175, 4.0319, 24.8190)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E228B #6F8B22

analogous

#223B8B #3E228B #73228B

triadic

#3E228B #8B3E22 #228B3E

tetradic

#3E228B #8B223B #6F8B22 #228B73

square

#3E228B #8B223B #6F8B22 #228B73

split-complementary

#3E228B #8B7322 #3B8B22

monochromatic

#120A29 #28165A #3E228B #542EBC #7553D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#3E228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#3E228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E228B

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E228B	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.162 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60ae',
    500: '#3e228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e228b;
$custom-light: #7c60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36079,
    "c": 0.16164,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E228B

secondary

#9DB850

accent

#E444B9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E228B

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

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