#3E235B#3E235B

#3E235B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.098 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E235B
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 91)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 61.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.97, 25.51, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.97, 38.56, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(32.09% 0.0543 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(32.09% 0.098 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4755, 2.9815, 10.2352)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E235B #405B23

analogous

#23245B #3E235B #5A235B

triadic

#3E235B #5B3E23 #235B3E

tetradic

#3E235B #5B2324 #405B23 #235B5A

square

#3E235B #5B2324 #405B23 #235B5A

split-complementary

#3E235B #5B5A23 #245B23

monochromatic

#0F0916 #20122F #3E235B #5C3487 #7A45B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15

#3E235B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#3E235B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E235B

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E235B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E235B	1.00	13.15	1.60	13.15
#FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C305D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17305A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e235b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.098 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755f8a',
    500: '#3e235b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e235b;
$custom-light: #755f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e235b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.929,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32089,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E235B

secondary

#6E8F4B

accent

#D45496

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08040B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E235B

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

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