#3E235E#3E235E

#3E235E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.102 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E235E
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 94)
HSL	hsl(267, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 62.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.18, 26.36, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.18, 40.37, 310.77°)
OKLab	oklab(32.31% 0.0543 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(32.31% 0.102 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6076, 3.0343, 10.9304)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E235E #435E23

analogous

#23255E #3E235E #5B235E

triadic

#3E235E #5E3E23 #235E3E

tetradic

#3E235E #5E2325 #435E23 #235E5B

square

#3E235E #5E2325 #435E23 #235E5B

split-complementary

#3E235E #5E5B23 #255E23

monochromatic

#0F0816 #211231 #3E235E #5B348B #7944B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.07

#3E235E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#3E235E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E235E

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E235E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E235E	1.00	13.07	1.61	13.07
#FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13305D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e235e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.102 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765f8c',
    500: '#3e235e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e235e;
$custom-light: #765f8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e235e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.458,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32311,
    "c": 0.10213,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E235E

secondary

#71924B

accent

#D55299

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E235E

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

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