#63238B#63238B

#63238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.165 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#63238B
RGB	rgb(99, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 46.56, -45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 65.01, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.1036 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.165 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4059, 5.7190, 24.9768)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#63238B #4B8B23

analogous

#2F238B #63238B #8B237F

triadic

#63238B #8B6323 #238B63

tetradic

#63238B #8B2F23 #4B8B23 #237F8B

square

#63238B #8B2F23 #4B8B23 #237F8B

split-complementary

#63238B #7F8B23 #238B2F

monochromatic

#1D0A29 #40175A #63238B #862FBC #A354D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#63238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#63238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #63238B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##63238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##63238B	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#054489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #63238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(99, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.165 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9464ae',
    500: '#63238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #63238b;
$custom-light: #9464ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#63238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 99,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40604,
    "c": 0.16517,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#63238B

secondary

#79B852

accent

#E34582

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #63238B

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

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