#3F227E#3F227E

#3F227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.145 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F227E
RGB	rgb(63, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.68, 36.56, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.68, 59.72, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.96% 0.0533 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(34.96% 0.146 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3868, 3.7069, 20.1136)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F227E #617E22

analogous

#22337E #3F227E #6D227E

triadic

#3F227E #7E3F22 #227E3F

tetradic

#3F227E #7E2233 #617E22 #227E6D

square

#3F227E #7E2233 #617E22 #227E6D

split-complementary

#3F227E #7E6D22 #337E22

monochromatic

#0F081E #27154E #3F227E #572FAE #754CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#3F227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#3F227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3F227E

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3F227E	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.145 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b60a4',
    500: '#3f227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f227e;
$custom-light: #7b60a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34955,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F227E

secondary

#91B14B

accent

#E147B0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F227E

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

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