#3516BF#3516BF

#3516BF is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.232 H 276.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3516BF
RGB	rgb(53, 22, 191)
HSL	hsl(251, 79%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 88%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 88.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 59.49, -79.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 99.57, 306.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% 0.0242 -0.2306)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.232 276)
XYZ	xyz(11.1560, 5.0912, 49.6749)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3516BF #A0BF16

analogous

#164CBF #3516BF #8A16BF

triadic

#3516BF #BF3516 #16BF35

tetradic

#3516BF #BF164C #A0BF16 #16BF8A

square

#3516BF #BF164C #A0BF16 #16BF8A

split-complementary

#3516BF #BF8A16 #4CBF16

monochromatic

#170951 #261088 #3516BF #4E2CE7 #7C62ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#3516BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#3516BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3516BF

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3516BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3516BF	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3516bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 22, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.232 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dd4',
    500: '#3516bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3516bf;
$custom-light: #835dd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3516bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.006,
    "s": 79.343,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39791,
    "c": 0.23187,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.05092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3516BF

secondary

#BCD15F

accent

#F632D2

background

#F9F5FD

surface

#F1E9FA

border

#CBC5D3

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7983

Preview Lab

Preview with #3516BF

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

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