#311E59#311E59

#311E59 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.101 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#311E59
RGB	rgb(49, 30, 89)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 66.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.00, 24.63, -32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.00, 40.74, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(29.5% 0.0415 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(29.5% 0.101 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.5336, 2.3027, 9.7075)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#311E59 #46591E

analogous

#1E2859 #311E59 #4E1E59

triadic

#311E59 #59311E #1E5931

tetradic

#311E59 #591E28 #46591E #1E594E

square

#311E59 #591E28 #46591E #1E594E

split-complementary

#311E59 #594E1E #28591E

monochromatic

#0D0817 #180F2B #311E59 #4A2D87 #633DB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.38

#311E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#311E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #311E59

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##311E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##311E59	1.00	14.38	1.46	14.38
#FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #311e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 30, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.101 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5b88',
    500: '#311e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #311e59;
$custom-light: #6d5b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#311e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.322,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.295,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#311E59

secondary

#768E45

accent

#D94FAD

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07040B

muted

#7A797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #311E59

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

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