#3E236A#3E236A

#3E236A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.118 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E236A
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(263, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.08, 29.84, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.08, 47.52, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.25% 0.0537 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(33.25% 0.118 297)
XYZ	xyz(5.1885, 3.2667, 13.9901)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E236A #4F6A23

analogous

#232B6A #3E236A #62236A

triadic

#3E236A #6A3E23 #236A3E

tetradic

#3E236A #6A232B #4F6A23 #236A62

square

#3E236A #6A232B #4F6A23 #236A62

split-complementary

#3E236A #6A6223 #2B6A23

monochromatic

#0D0817 #23143C #3E236A #593298 #7546C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#3E236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#3E236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E236A

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E236A	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.118 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775f95',
    500: '#3e236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e236a;
$custom-light: #775f95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.817,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33254,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.03267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E236A

secondary

#7E9D4B

accent

#DA4EA5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E236A

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

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