#3E288C#3E288C

#3E288C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.156 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E288C
RGB	rgb(62, 40, 140)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.06, 37.26, -52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.06, 64.06, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0432 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.156 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4776, 4.4348, 25.2678)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E288C #768C28

analogous

#28448C #3E288C #70288C

triadic

#3E288C #8C3E28 #288C3E

tetradic

#3E288C #8C2844 #768C28 #288C70

square

#3E288C #8C2844 #768C28 #288C70

split-complementary

#3E288C #8C7028 #448C28

monochromatic

#140D2D #291A5C #3E288C #5336BC #775ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#3E288C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#3E288C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E288C

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E288C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E288C	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e288c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 40, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.156 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c64af',
    500: '#3e288c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e288c;
$custom-light: #7c64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e288c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.2,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37019,
    "c": 0.15592,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E288C

secondary

#A2B65A

accent

#DF49BE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E288C

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

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