#3E237D#3E237D

#3E237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.143 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E237D
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.68, 35.51, -46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.68, 58.58, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.9% 0.0509 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(34.9% 0.143 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2883, 3.7066, 19.7822)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E237D #627D23

analogous

#23357D #3E237D #6B237D

triadic

#3E237D #7D3E23 #237D3E

tetradic

#3E237D #7D2335 #627D23 #237D6B

square

#3E237D #7D2335 #627D23 #237D6B

split-complementary

#3E237D #7D6B23 #357D23

monochromatic

#0F081D #26164D #3E237D #5630AD #744DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#3E237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#3E237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E237D

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E237D	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.143 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a60a3',
    500: '#3e237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e237d;
$custom-light: #7a60a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.349,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E237D

secondary

#92AF4C

accent

#E048B2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E237D

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

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