#3E23A7#3E23A7

#3E23A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.194 H 282.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E23A7
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 167)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 79%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 48.14, -65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 81.55, 306.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0402 -0.1899)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.194 282)
XYZ	xyz(9.5605, 5.0155, 37.0160)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E23A7 #8CA723

analogous

#234AA7 #3E23A7 #8023A7

triadic

#3E23A7 #A73E23 #23A73E

tetradic

#3E23A7 #A7234A #8CA723 #23A780

square

#3E23A7 #A7234A #8CA723 #23A780

split-complementary

#3E23A7 #A78023 #4AA723

monochromatic

#180E42 #2B1874 #3E23A7 #5433D4 #7E66DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#3E23A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#3E23A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E23A7

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E23A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E23A7	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e23a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.194 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162c2',
    500: '#3e23a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e23a7;
$custom-light: #8162c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e23a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.273,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39034,
    "c": 0.19412,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.05016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E23A7

secondary

#B0C461

accent

#E83FC6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0513

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E23A7

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

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