#3F238B#3F238B

#3F238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.160 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F238B
RGB	rgb(63, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 39.90, -53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 66.42, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0494 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.16 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3098, 4.1225, 24.8317)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F238B #6F8B23

analogous

#233B8B #3F238B #73238B

triadic

#3F238B #8B3F23 #238B3F

tetradic

#3F238B #8B233B #6F8B23 #238B73

square

#3F238B #8B233B #6F8B23 #238B73

split-complementary

#3F238B #8B7323 #3B8B23

monochromatic

#130A29 #29175A #3F238B #552FBC #7754D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#3F238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3F238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3F238B

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3F238B	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.160 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61ae',
    500: '#3f238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f238b;
$custom-light: #7d61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36313,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F238B

secondary

#9CB852

accent

#E345B8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F238B

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

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