#3E236E#3E236E

#3E236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.124 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E236E
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(262, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(262, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.40, 31.02, -39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.40, 49.88, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(33.59% 0.0532 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(33.59% 0.124 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4014, 3.3519, 15.1112)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 6.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E236E #536E23

analogous

#232D6E #3E236E #63236E

triadic

#3E236E #6E3E23 #236E3E

tetradic

#3E236E #6E232D #536E23 #236E63

square

#3E236E #6E232D #536E23 #236E63

split-complementary

#3E236E #6E6323 #2D6E23

monochromatic

#0D0717 #241440 #3E236E #58329C #7447C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#3E236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#3E236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E236E

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E236E	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.124 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786098',
    500: '#3e236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e236e;
$custom-light: #786098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33586,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E236E

secondary

#82A14C

accent

#DB4DA8

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E236E

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

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