#3E23A5#3E23A5

#3E23A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.192 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E23A5
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 78.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.57, 47.55, -64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.57, 80.51, 306.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.0408 -0.1874)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.192 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3770, 4.9421, 36.0498)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E23A5 #8AA523

analogous

#2349A5 #3E23A5 #7F23A5

triadic

#3E23A5 #A53E23 #23A53E

tetradic

#3E23A5 #A52349 #8AA523 #23A57F

square

#3E23A5 #A52349 #8AA523 #23A57F

split-complementary

#3E23A5 #A57F23 #49A523

monochromatic

#180E40 #2B1873 #3E23A5 #5332D3 #7E64DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#3E23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#3E23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E23A5

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E23A5	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.192 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162c1',
    500: '#3e23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e23a5;
$custom-light: #8162c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38826,
    "c": 0.19178,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E23A5

secondary

#AFC460

accent

#E840C5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E23A5

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

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