#3F238D#3F238D

#3F238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.163 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F238D
RGB	rgb(63, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 40.50, -54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 67.53, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0489 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.163 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4572, 4.1815, 25.6083)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F238D #718D23

analogous

#233C8D #3F238D #74238D

triadic

#3F238D #8D3F23 #238D3F

tetradic

#3F238D #8D233C #718D23 #238D74

square

#3F238D #8D233C #718D23 #238D74

split-complementary

#3F238D #8D7423 #3C8D23

monochromatic

#130B2B #29175C #3F238D #552FBE #7755D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#3F238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3F238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3F238D

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3F238D	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.163 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61af',
    500: '#3f238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f238d;
$custom-light: #7d61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.849,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36506,
    "c": 0.16291,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F238D

secondary

#9EB953

accent

#E344B9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F238D

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

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