#3E238B#3E238B

#3E238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.161 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E238B
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 39.75, -53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 66.47, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0478 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.161 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2465, 4.0899, 24.8287)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E238B #708B23

analogous

#233C8B #3E238B #72238B

triadic

#3E238B #8B3E23 #238B3E

tetradic

#3E238B #8B233C #708B23 #238B72

square

#3E238B #8B233C #708B23 #238B72

split-complementary

#3E238B #8B7223 #3C8B23

monochromatic

#120A29 #28175A #3E238B #542FBC #7654D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#3E238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3E238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E238B

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E238B	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.161 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61ae',
    500: '#3e238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e238b;
$custom-light: #7c61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.577,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36213,
    "c": 0.16052,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E238B

secondary

#9DB852

accent

#E345BA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E238B

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

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