#63238E#63238E

#63238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.168 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#63238E
RGB	rgb(99, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, 47.25, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 66.55, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% 0.103 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.168 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6281, 5.8079, 26.1471)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#63238E #4E8E23

analogous

#2E238E #63238E #8E2384

triadic

#63238E #8E6323 #238E63

tetradic

#63238E #8E2E23 #4E8E23 #23848E

square

#63238E #8E2E23 #4E8E23 #23848E

split-complementary

#63238E #848E23 #238E2E

monochromatic

#1F0B2C #41175D #63238E #852FBF #A256D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#63238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#63238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #63238E

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##63238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##63238E	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C3C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #63238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(99, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.168 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9465b0',
    500: '#63238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #63238e;
$custom-light: #9465b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#63238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 99,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.888,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4084,
    "c": 0.16827,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#63238E

secondary

#7CB953

accent

#E44484

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #63238E

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

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