#3E23B2#3E23B2

#3E23B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.207 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E23B2
RGB	rgb(62, 35, 178)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 80.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.95, 51.38, -70.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.95, 87.24, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% 0.037 -0.2035)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.207 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6210, 5.4397, 42.6011)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E23B2 #97B223

analogous

#234FB2 #3E23B2 #8623B2

triadic

#3E23B2 #B23E23 #23B23E

tetradic

#3E23B2 #B2234F #97B223 #23B286

square

#3E23B2 #B2234F #97B223 #23B286

split-complementary

#3E23B2 #B28623 #4FB223

monochromatic

#1A0F4C #2C197F #3E23B2 #583AD8 #836DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#3E23B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#3E23B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E23B2

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E23B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E23B2	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e23b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 35, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.207 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363ca',
    500: '#3e23b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e23b2;
$custom-light: #8363ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e23b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.329,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40198,
    "c": 0.20684,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E23B2

secondary

#B6C968

accent

#EA3ECA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0513

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E23B2

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

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