#63238C#63238C

#63238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.166 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#63238C
RGB	rgb(99, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 46.79, -45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 65.52, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.1034 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.166 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4793, 5.7483, 25.3634)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.49

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#63238C #4C8C23

analogous

#2E238C #63238C #8C2381

triadic

#63238C #8C6323 #238C63

tetradic

#63238C #8C2E23 #4C8C23 #23818C

square

#63238C #8C2E23 #4C8C23 #23818C

split-complementary

#63238C #818C23 #238C2E

monochromatic

#1E0B2A #40175B #63238C #862FBD #A355D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#63238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#63238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #63238C

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##63238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##63238C	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02458A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #63238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(99, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.166 308.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#63238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 99,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40682,
    "c": 0.16621,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#63238C

secondary

#7AB852

accent

#E34583

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #63238C

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

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