#3516A0#3516A0

#3516A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.198 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3516A0
RGB	rgb(53, 22, 160)
HSL	hsl(253, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 86.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 50.92, -67.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 84.53, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.15% 0.0351 -0.1947)
OKLCH	oklch(36.15% 0.198 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0983, 3.8681, 33.5707)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3516A0 #81A016

analogous

#163CA0 #3516A0 #7A16A0

triadic

#3516A0 #A03516 #16A035

tetradic

#3516A0 #A0163C #81A016 #16A07A

square

#3516A0 #A0163C #81A016 #16A07A

split-complementary

#3516A0 #A07A16 #3CA016

monochromatic

#110734 #230F6A #3516A0 #471DD6 #6D4AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#3516A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#3516A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3516A0

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3516A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3516A0	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00329E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3516a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 22, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.198 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5bbd',
    500: '#3516a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3516a0;
$custom-light: #7d5bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3516a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.478,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36153,
    "c": 0.19788,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3516A0

secondary

#ABC84A

accent

#F235C8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3516A0

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

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