#63238A#63238A

#63238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.164 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#63238A
RGB	rgb(99, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, 46.32, -44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 64.50, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% 0.1037 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.164 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.3331, 5.6899, 24.5937)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.34

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#63238A #4A8A23

analogous

#30238A #63238A #8A237E

triadic

#63238A #8A6323 #238A63

tetradic

#63238A #8A3023 #4A8A23 #237E8A

square

#63238A #8A3023 #4A8A23 #237E8A

split-complementary

#63238A #7E8A23 #238A30

monochromatic

#1D0A28 #401759 #63238A #862FBB #A354D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#63238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#63238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #63238A

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##63238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##63238A	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#084488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #63238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(99, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.164 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9364ad',
    500: '#63238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #63238a;
$custom-light: #9364ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#63238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 99,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.282,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40526,
    "c": 0.16414,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#63238A

secondary

#78B751

accent

#E34581

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #63238A

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

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