#3E28A4#3E28A4

#3E28A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.186 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E28A4
RGB	rgb(62, 40, 164)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 75.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.36, 44.70, -63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.36, 77.30, 305.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% 0.0379 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.186 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4441, 5.2214, 35.6249)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E28A4 #8EA428

analogous

#2850A4 #3E28A4 #7C28A4

triadic

#3E28A4 #A43E28 #28A43E

tetradic

#3E28A4 #A42850 #8EA428 #28A47C

square

#3E28A4 #A42850 #8EA428 #28A47C

split-complementary

#3E28A4 #A47C28 #50A428

monochromatic

#191042 #2B1C73 #3E28A4 #553ACF #7F6BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#3E28A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#3E28A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E28A4

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E28A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E28A4	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e28a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 40, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.186 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8065c0',
    500: '#3e28a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e28a4;
$custom-light: #8065c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e28a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.645,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39347,
    "c": 0.18578,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E28A4

secondary

#B1C166

accent

#E444C8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E28A4

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

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