#39178E#39178E

#39178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.176 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#39178E
RGB	rgb(57, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.71, 45.79, -58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.71, 74.59, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% 0.0476 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.176 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8747, 3.4352, 25.8867)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#39178E #6C8E17

analogous

#17308E #39178E #75178E

triadic

#39178E #8E3917 #178E39

tetradic

#39178E #8E1730 #6C8E17 #178E75

square

#39178E #8E1730 #6C8E17 #178E75

split-complementary

#39178E #8E7517 #308E17

monochromatic

#0F0625 #240E59 #39178E #4E20C3 #6D3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#39178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#39178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #39178E

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##39178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##39178E	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#083C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #39178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.176 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5ab0',
    500: '#39178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #39178e;
$custom-light: #7b5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#39178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34603,
    "c": 0.1762,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#39178E

secondary

#9CC040

accent

#EF39BB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #39178E

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

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