#3E23A8#3E23A8

#3E23A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.195 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E23A8
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 168)
HSL	hsl(252, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(252, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 79.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.88, 48.44, -66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.88, 82.08, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(39.14% 0.04 -0.1911)
OKLCH	oklch(39.14% 0.195 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6533, 5.0526, 37.5048)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E23A8 #8DA823

analogous

#234BA8 #3E23A8 #8023A8

triadic

#3E23A8 #A83E23 #23A83E

tetradic

#3E23A8 #A8234B #8DA823 #23A880

square

#3E23A8 #A8234B #8DA823 #23A880

split-complementary

#3E23A8 #A88023 #4BA823

monochromatic

#190E43 #2B1875 #3E23A8 #5434D5 #7F66DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#3E23A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#3E23A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E23A8

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E23A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E23A8	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e23a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.195 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162c3',
    500: '#3e23a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e23a8;
$custom-light: #8162c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e23a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.18,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39139,
    "c": 0.19528,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E23A8

secondary

#B1C562

accent

#E83FC6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0513

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E23A8

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

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