#3E237C#3E237C

#3E237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.142 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E237C
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.59, 35.21, -46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.59, 58.01, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0511 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.142 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2247, 3.6812, 19.4474)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E237C #617C23

analogous

#23347C #3E237C #6A237C

triadic

#3E237C #7C3E23 #237C3E

tetradic

#3E237C #7C2334 #617C23 #237C6A

square

#3E237C #7C2334 #617C23 #237C6A

split-complementary

#3E237C #7C6A23 #347C23

monochromatic

#0E081D #26164C #3E237C #5630AC #744DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#3E237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#3E237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E237C

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E237C	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.142 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a60a3',
    500: '#3e237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e237c;
$custom-light: #7a60a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.202,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34809,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E237C

secondary

#91AF4C

accent

#DF49B2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E237C

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

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