#3716C9#3716C9

#3716C9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.242 H 275.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3716C9
RGB	rgb(55, 22, 201)
HSL	hsl(251, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 89.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, 62.29, -83.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 104.09, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.12% 0.0237 -0.2409)
OKLCH	oklch(41.12% 0.242 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4016, 5.6019, 55.6747)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3716C9 #A8C916

analogous

#164FC9 #3716C9 #9016C9

triadic

#3716C9 #C93716 #16C937

tetradic

#3716C9 #C9164F #A8C916 #16C990

square

#3716C9 #C9164F #A8C916 #16C990

split-complementary

#3716C9 #C99016 #4FC916

monochromatic

#190A5B #281092 #3716C9 #5533E9 #836BEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#3716C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#3716C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3716C9

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3716C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3716C9	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3716c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(55, 22, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.242 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fdb',
    500: '#3716c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3716c9;
$custom-light: #865fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3716c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 55,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.061,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41123,
    "c": 0.24206,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3716C9

secondary

#C0D467

accent

#F731D2

background

#F9F5FD

surface

#F1EAFB

border

#CBC6D4

text

#0D0515

muted

#7E7983

Preview Lab

Preview with #3716C9

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

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