#3E238C#3E238C

#3E238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.162 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E238C
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.06, 40.05, -53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.06, 67.03, 306.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0476 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.162 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3199, 4.1193, 25.2153)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E238C #718C23

analogous

#233C8C #3E238C #73238C

triadic

#3E238C #8C3E23 #238C3E

tetradic

#3E238C #8C233C #718C23 #238C73

square

#3E238C #8C233C #718C23 #238C73

split-complementary

#3E238C #8C7323 #3C8C23

monochromatic

#130B2A #28175B #3E238C #542FBD #7655D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#3E238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3E238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E238C

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E238C	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.162 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61af',
    500: '#3e238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e238c;
$custom-light: #7c61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3631,
    "c": 0.16175,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E238C

secondary

#9EB852

accent

#E345BA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E238C

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

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