#3E237E#3E237E

#3E237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.144 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E237E
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 35.82, -47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 59.15, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.0507 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.144 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3525, 3.7323, 20.1203)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E237E #637E23

analogous

#23367E #3E237E #6C237E

triadic

#3E237E #7E3E23 #237E3E

tetradic

#3E237E #7E2336 #637E23 #237E6C

square

#3E237E #7E2336 #637E23 #237E6C

split-complementary

#3E237E #7E6C23 #367E23

monochromatic

#0F081E #26164E #3E237E #5630AE #744ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#3E237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#3E237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E237E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E237E	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.144 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a60a4',
    500: '#3e237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e237e;
$custom-light: #7a60a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.802,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34991,
    "c": 0.14424,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E237E

secondary

#93B04C

accent

#E048B3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E237E

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

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