#3E228E#3E228E

#3E228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.165 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E228E
RGB	rgb(62, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 41.18, -54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 68.69, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0479 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.165 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4397, 4.1208, 25.9893)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E228E #728E22

analogous

#223C8E #3E228E #74228E

triadic

#3E228E #8E3E22 #228E3E

tetradic

#3E228E #8E223C #728E22 #228E74

square

#3E228E #8E223C #728E22 #228E74

split-complementary

#3E228E #8E7422 #3C8E22

monochromatic

#130A2B #28165D #3E228E #542EBF #7654D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#3E228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3E228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E228E

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E228E	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.165 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60b0',
    500: '#3e228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e228e;
$custom-light: #7d60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36372,
    "c": 0.1653,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E228E

secondary

#9FBA52

accent

#E443BB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E228E

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

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