#3E238E#3E238E

#3E238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.164 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E238E
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 40.65, -54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 68.13, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.0471 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.164 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4687, 4.1788, 25.9990)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E238E #738E23

analogous

#233E8E #3E238E #74238E

triadic

#3E238E #8E3E23 #238E3E

tetradic

#3E238E #8E233E #738E23 #238E74

square

#3E238E #8E233E #738E23 #238E74

split-complementary

#3E238E #8E7423 #3E8E23

monochromatic

#130B2C #29175D #3E238E #532FBF #7656D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#3E238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3E238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E238E

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E238E	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.164 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61b0',
    500: '#3e238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e238e;
$custom-light: #7d61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.14,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36504,
    "c": 0.16421,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E238E

secondary

#A0B953

accent

#E444BB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E238E

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

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