#3517B3#3517B3

#3517B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.218 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3517B3
RGB	rgb(53, 23, 179)
HSL	hsl(252, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(252, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.63, 55.87, -74.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.63, 93.49, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0281 -0.2165)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.218 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9086, 4.6234, 43.0093)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3517B3 #95B317

analogous

#1747B3 #3517B3 #8317B3

triadic

#3517B3 #B33517 #17B335

tetradic

#3517B3 #B31747 #95B317 #17B383

square

#3517B3 #B31747 #95B317 #17B383

split-complementary

#3517B3 #B38317 #47B317

monochromatic

#150947 #25107D #3517B3 #4924E3 #765BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#3517B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#3517B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3517B3

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3517B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3517B3	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0036B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3517b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 23, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.218 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815dcb',
    500: '#3517b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3517b3;
$custom-light: #815dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3517b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38448,
    "c": 0.2183,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3517B3

secondary

#B7CD58

accent

#F434CF

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0514

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3517B3

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

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