#3F238C#3F238C

#3F238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.162 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F238C
RGB	rgb(63, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 40.20, -53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 66.98, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.0491 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.162 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3832, 4.1519, 25.2182)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F238C #708C23

analogous

#233C8C #3F238C #74238C

triadic

#3F238C #8C3F23 #238C3F

tetradic

#3F238C #8C233C #708C23 #238C74

square

#3F238C #8C233C #708C23 #238C74

split-complementary

#3F238C #8C7423 #3C8C23

monochromatic

#130B2A #29175B #3F238C #552FBD #7755D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#3F238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#3F238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3F238C

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3F238C	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#203F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.162 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61af',
    500: '#3f238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f238c;
$custom-light: #7d61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36409,
    "c": 0.16169,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F238C

secondary

#9DB852

accent

#E345B9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F238C

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

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