#3516B3#3516B3

#3516B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.219 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3516B3
RGB	rgb(53, 22, 179)
HSL	hsl(252, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(252, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 87.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 56.22, -75.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 93.86, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0283 -0.217)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.219 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8892, 4.5845, 43.0028)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3516B3 #94B316

analogous

#1646B3 #3516B3 #8416B3

triadic

#3516B3 #B33516 #16B335

tetradic

#3516B3 #B31646 #94B316 #16B384

square

#3516B3 #B31646 #94B316 #16B384

split-complementary

#3516B3 #B38416 #46B316

monochromatic

#150946 #250F7C #3516B3 #4922E4 #7659EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#3516B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#3516B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3516B3

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3516B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3516B3	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0036B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3516b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 22, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.219 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ccb',
    500: '#3516b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3516b3;
$custom-light: #815ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3516b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.847,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38368,
    "c": 0.21888,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3516B3

secondary

#B6CE57

accent

#F533CE

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0514

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3516B3

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

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