#3216B4#3216B4

#3216B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.221 H 276.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3216B4
RGB	rgb(50, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(251, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 56.31, -75.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 94.55, 306.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0236 -0.2194)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.221 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8378, 4.5463, 43.5302)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3216B4 #98B416

analogous

#1649B4 #3216B4 #8116B4

triadic

#3216B4 #B43216 #16B432

tetradic

#3216B4 #B41649 #98B416 #16B481

square

#3216B4 #B41649 #98B416 #16B481

split-complementary

#3216B4 #B48116 #49B416

monochromatic

#140947 #230F7D #3216B4 #4523E4 #735AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#3216B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#3216B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3216B4

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3216B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3216B4	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0035B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3216b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.221 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ccc',
    500: '#3216b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3216b4;
$custom-light: #805ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3216b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.633,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38264,
    "c": 0.22067,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3216B4

secondary

#B9CE58

accent

#F533D2

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0414

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3216B4

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

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