#3E228C#3E228C

#3E228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.163 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E228C
RGB	rgb(62, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.87, 40.58, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.87, 67.59, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.0484 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.163 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2909, 4.0613, 25.2056)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E228C #708C22

analogous

#223B8C #3E228C #73228C

triadic

#3E228C #8C3E22 #228C3E

tetradic

#3E228C #8C223B #708C22 #228C73

square

#3E228C #8C223B #708C22 #228C73

split-complementary

#3E228C #8C7322 #3B8C22

monochromatic

#120A2A #28165B #3E228C #542EBD #7653D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#3E228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#3E228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E228C

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E228C	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.163 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60af',
    500: '#3e228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e228c;
$custom-light: #7c60af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.849,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36176,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E228C

secondary

#9DB951

accent

#E444BA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E228C

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

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