#3F238E#3F238E

#3F238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.164 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F238E
RGB	rgb(63, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.36, 40.81, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.36, 68.08, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(36.6% 0.0487 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(36.6% 0.164 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5320, 4.2114, 26.0019)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F238E #728E23

analogous

#233D8E #3F238E #75238E

triadic

#3F238E #8E3F23 #238E3F

tetradic

#3F238E #8E233D #728E23 #238E75

square

#3F238E #8E233D #728E23 #238E75

split-complementary

#3F238E #8E7523 #3D8E23

monochromatic

#130B2C #29175D #3F238E #552FBF #7756D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#3F238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3F238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3F238E

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3F238E	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.164 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61b0',
    500: '#3f238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f238e;
$custom-light: #7d61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.701,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36603,
    "c": 0.16414,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F238E

secondary

#9FB953

accent

#E444BA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F238E

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

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