#3F228B#3F228B

#3F228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.162 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F228B
RGB	rgb(63, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 40.44, -53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 66.99, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.0502 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.162 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2808, 4.0645, 24.8220)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F228B #6E8B22

analogous

#223A8B #3F228B #74228B

triadic

#3F228B #8B3F22 #228B3F

tetradic

#3F228B #8B223A #6E8B22 #228B74

square

#3F228B #8B223A #6E8B22 #228B74

split-complementary

#3F228B #8B7422 #3A8B22

monochromatic

#120A29 #29165A #3F228B #552EBC #7753D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#3F228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#3F228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3F228B

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3F228B	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.162 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60ae',
    500: '#3f228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f228b;
$custom-light: #7d60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3618,
    "c": 0.16158,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F228B

secondary

#9CB850

accent

#E444B8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F228B

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

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