#3E248D#3E248D

#3E248D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.162 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E248D
RGB	rgb(62, 36, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 74.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 39.81, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 67.01, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.0465 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.162 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4238, 4.2086, 25.6153)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E248D #738D24

analogous

#243F8D #3E248D #73248D

triadic

#3E248D #8D3E24 #248D3E

tetradic

#3E248D #8D243F #738D24 #248D73

square

#3E248D #8D243F #738D24 #248D73

split-complementary

#3E248D #8D7324 #3F8D24

monochromatic

#130B2B #29185C #3E248D #5330BE #7657D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#3E248D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3E248D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E248D

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E248D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E248D	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e248d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 36, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.162 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c61af',
    500: '#3e248d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e248d;
$custom-light: #7c61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e248d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36542,
    "c": 0.16187,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E248D

secondary

#A0B854

accent

#E345BC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E248D

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

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