#3E237A#3E237A

#3E237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.139 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E237A
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 34.61, -45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 56.86, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.63% 0.0515 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(34.63% 0.139 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0995, 3.6311, 18.7881)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E237A #5F7A23

analogous

#23337A #3E237A #69237A

triadic

#3E237A #7A3E23 #237A3E

tetradic

#3E237A #7A2333 #5F7A23 #237A69

square

#3E237A #7A2333 #5F7A23 #237A69

split-complementary

#3E237A #7A6923 #337A23

monochromatic

#0E081B #26154A #3E237A #5631AA #734CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#3E237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3E237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E237A

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E237A	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.139 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960a1',
    500: '#3e237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e237a;
$custom-light: #7960a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34629,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E237A

secondary

#8FAD4C

accent

#DF49B0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E237A

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

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