#3A2D64 is a deep, cool purple. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, quietly premium. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #3A2D64 works with other colors. Named schemes with #3A2D64 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Yale Blue carries the depth in this luxury scheme, offset by a brass accent and near-black and held together by a deep neutral and an off-white surface.
Yale Blue adds the colour to this moody editorial scheme — charcoal and a mid-grey around it, a bone highlight, and a muted jewel accent drawn from Yale Blue.
Yale Blue opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Yale Blue sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Yale Blue is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Yale Blue carrying the quiet middle.
How #3A2D64 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #3A2D64 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #3A2D64;
--color-base-rgb: 58 45 100;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(34.2% 0.093 291.6);
--color-50: #F6F4FB;
--color-100: #E6E2F3;
--color-200: #CEC7E6;
--color-300: #AB9FD0;
--color-400: #887AB8;
--color-500: #69599C;
--color-600: #544979;
--color-700: #3F3857;
--color-800: #2C273A;
--color-900: #1C1924;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
yale-blue: {
50: '#F6F4FB',
100: '#E6E2F3',
200: '#CEC7E6',
300: '#AB9FD0',
400: '#887AB8',
500: '#69599C',
600: '#544979',
700: '#3F3857',
800: '#2C273A',
900: '#1C1924',
},
}
$base: #3A2D64; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F6F4FB; $base-100: #E6E2F3; $base-200: #CEC7E6; $base-300: #AB9FD0; $base-400: #887AB8; $base-500: #69599C; $base-600: #544979; $base-700: #3F3857; $base-800: #2C273A; $base-900: #1C1924; $base-hover: #2E234F; $base-subtle: #BFB8D8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#3A2D64",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6F4FB",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E6E2F3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CEC7E6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#AB9FD0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#887AB8",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#69599C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#544979",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3F3857",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2C273A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C1924",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}