#3E238D#3E238D

#3E238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.163 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E238D
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.16, 40.35, -54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.16, 67.58, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.0474 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.163 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3939, 4.1489, 25.6053)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E238D #728D23

analogous

#233D8D #3E238D #73238D

triadic

#3E238D #8D3E23 #238D3E

tetradic

#3E238D #8D233D #728D23 #238D73

square

#3E238D #8D233D #728D23 #238D73

split-complementary

#3E238D #8D7323 #3D8D23

monochromatic

#130B2B #28175C #3E238D #542FBE #7655D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#3E238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#3E238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E238D

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E238D	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.163 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61af',
    500: '#3e238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e238d;
$custom-light: #7c61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.283,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36407,
    "c": 0.16298,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E238D

secondary

#9FB953

accent

#E344BB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E238D

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

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