#3E288D#3E288D

#3E288D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.157 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E288D
RGB	rgb(62, 40, 141)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 71.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.15, 37.58, -52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.15, 64.63, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% 0.043 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.157 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5517, 4.4644, 25.6579)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E288D #778D28

analogous

#28458D #3E288D #70288D

triadic

#3E288D #8D3E28 #288D3E

tetradic

#3E288D #8D2845 #778D28 #288D70

square

#3E288D #8D2845 #778D28 #288D70

split-complementary

#3E288D #8D7028 #458D28

monochromatic

#140D2E #291A5D #3E288D #5336BD #775ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#3E288D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#3E288D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E288D

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E288D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E288D	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e288d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 40, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.157 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c64af',
    500: '#3e288d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e288d;
$custom-light: #7c64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e288d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.069,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37112,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E288D

secondary

#A3B75A

accent

#DF49BE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E288D

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

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