#3E237B#3E237B

#3E237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.140 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E237B
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.50, 34.91, -45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.50, 57.44, 307.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.72% 0.0513 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(34.72% 0.14 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1618, 3.6560, 19.1161)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E237B #607B23

analogous

#23347B #3E237B #6A237B

triadic

#3E237B #7B3E23 #237B3E

tetradic

#3E237B #7B2334 #607B23 #237B6A

square

#3E237B #7B2334 #607B23 #237B6A

split-complementary

#3E237B #7B6A23 #347B23

monochromatic

#0E081C #26154B #3E237B #5631AB #734CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#3E237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3E237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E237B

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E237B	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.140 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a60a2',
    500: '#3e237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e237b;
$custom-light: #7a60a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.409,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34719,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E237B

secondary

#90AE4C

accent

#DF49B1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E237B

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

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