#3816C9#3816C9

#3816C9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.242 H 276.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3816C9
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 201)
HSL	hsl(251, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 89.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.46, 62.34, -83.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.46, 104.02, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.19% 0.0252 -0.2405)
OKLCH	oklch(41.19% 0.242 276)
XYZ	xyz(12.4570, 5.6304, 55.6773)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3816C9 #A7C916

analogous

#164DC9 #3816C9 #9116C9

triadic

#3816C9 #C93816 #16C938

tetradic

#3816C9 #C9164D #A7C916 #16C991

square

#3816C9 #C9164D #A7C916 #16C991

split-complementary

#3816C9 #C99116 #4DC916

monochromatic

#190A5B #291092 #3816C9 #5633E9 #846BEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#3816C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#3816C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3816C9

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3816C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3816C9	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	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: #3816c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.242 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fdb',
    500: '#3816c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3816c9;
$custom-light: #875fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3816c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.397,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41194,
    "c": 0.24182,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.05632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3816C9

secondary

#BFD467

accent

#F731D1

background

#F9F5FD

surface

#F1EAFB

border

#CBC6D4

text

#0D0515

muted

#7E7983

Preview Lab

Preview with #3816C9

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

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