#43237E#43237E

#43237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.144 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43237E
RGB	rgb(67, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.34, 36.76, -46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.34, 58.97, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.54% 0.0584 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(35.54% 0.144 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6806, 3.9015, 20.1357)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43237E #5E7E23

analogous

#23317E #43237E #71237E

triadic

#43237E #7E4323 #237E43

tetradic

#43237E #7E2331 #5E7E23 #237E71

square

#43237E #7E2331 #5E7E23 #237E71

split-complementary

#43237E #7E7123 #317E23

monochromatic

#10081E #2A164E #43237E #5C30AE #7B4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#43237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#43237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #43237E

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##43237E	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.144 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61a4',
    500: '#43237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43237e;
$custom-light: #7d61a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.099,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35537,
    "c": 0.14436,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43237E

secondary

#8DB04C

accent

#E048AA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #43237E

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

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