#3516B4#3516B4

#3516B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.220 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3516B4
RGB	rgb(53, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(252, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(252, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 56.49, -75.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 94.34, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% 0.028 -0.2182)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.22 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9907, 4.6251, 43.5374)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3516B4 #95B416

analogous

#1646B4 #3516B4 #8416B4

triadic

#3516B4 #B43516 #16B435

tetradic

#3516B4 #B41646 #95B416 #16B484

square

#3516B4 #B41646 #95B416 #16B484

split-complementary

#3516B4 #B48416 #46B416

monochromatic

#150947 #250F7D #3516B4 #4923E4 #765AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#3516B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#3516B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3516B4

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3516B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3516B4	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0036B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3516b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.220 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815ccc',
    500: '#3516b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3516b4;
$custom-light: #815ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3516b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.772,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38486,
    "c": 0.21997,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3516B4

secondary

#B7CE58

accent

#F533CF

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0514

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3516B4

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

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