#312161#312161

#312161 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.108 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#312161
RGB	rgb(49, 33, 97)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 66%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.38, 25.25, -35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.38, 43.59, 305.40°)
OKLab	oklab(30.71% 0.0371 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(30.71% 0.108 290)
XYZ	xyz(3.9675, 2.6036, 11.6004)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#312161 #516121

analogous

#213161 #312161 #512161

triadic

#312161 #613121 #216131

tetradic

#312161 #612131 #516121 #216151

square

#312161 #612131 #516121 #216151

split-complementary

#312161 #615121 #316121

monochromatic

#0C0817 #1A1133 #312161 #48318F #5F40BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.81

#312161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#312161 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #312161

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##312161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##312161	1.00	13.81	1.52	13.81
#FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22303D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #312161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 33, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.108 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e5d8e',
    500: '#312161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #312161;
$custom-light: #6e5d8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#312161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30711,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.02604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#312161

secondary

#829549

accent

#D94FB6

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#ECE9F0

border

#C7C5CB

text

#07040C

muted

#7A797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #312161

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

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