#43238B#43238B

#43238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.160 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#43238B
RGB	rgb(67, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.51, 40.55, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.51, 66.24, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.0556 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.16 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5746, 4.2591, 24.8441)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#43238B #6B8B23

analogous

#23378B #43238B #77238B

triadic

#43238B #8B4323 #238B43

tetradic

#43238B #8B2337 #6B8B23 #238B77

square

#43238B #8B2337 #6B8B23 #238B77

split-complementary

#43238B #8B7723 #378B23

monochromatic

#140A29 #2B175A #43238B #5B2FBC #7C54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#43238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#43238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #43238B

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##43238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##43238B	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #43238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.160 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61ae',
    500: '#43238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #43238b;
$custom-light: #7f61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#43238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36726,
    "c": 0.16032,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#43238B

secondary

#99B852

accent

#E345B2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #43238B

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

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