#33179E#33179E

#33179E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.195 H 279.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33179E
RGB	rgb(51, 23, 158)
HSL	hsl(252, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(252, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 85.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 49.79, -66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 83.26, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0323 -0.1926)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.195 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8412, 3.7846, 32.6584)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33179E #829E17

analogous

#173F9E #33179E #76179E

triadic

#33179E #9E3317 #179E33

tetradic

#33179E #9E173F #829E17 #179E76

square

#33179E #9E173F #829E17 #179E76

split-complementary

#33179E #9E7617 #3F9E17

monochromatic

#110733 #220F69 #33179E #441FD3 #6B4BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#33179E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#33179E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #33179E

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33179E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##33179E	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00319C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33179e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 23, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.195 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5bbc',
    500: '#33179e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33179e;
$custom-light: #7b5bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33179e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35845,
    "c": 0.19533,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33179E

secondary

#ADC64A

accent

#F137CB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #33179E

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

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