#3716B3#3716B3

#3716B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.218 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3716B3
RGB	rgb(55, 22, 179)
HSL	hsl(253, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(253, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 87.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.68, 56.35, -74.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.68, 93.71, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0313 -0.2162)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.218 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9965, 4.6398, 43.0079)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3716B3 #92B316

analogous

#1644B3 #3716B3 #8516B3

triadic

#3716B3 #B33716 #16B337

tetradic

#3716B3 #B31644 #92B316 #16B385

square

#3716B3 #B31644 #92B316 #16B385

split-complementary

#3716B3 #B38516 #44B316

monochromatic

#160946 #260F7C #3716B3 #4B22E4 #7759EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#3716B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#3716B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3716B3

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3716B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3716B3	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0036B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3716b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 22, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.218 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825dcb',
    500: '#3716b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3716b3;
$custom-light: #825dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3716b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.611,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38523,
    "c": 0.21844,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3716B3

secondary

#B5CE57

accent

#F533CC

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0514

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3716B3

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

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