#3A1159#3A1159

#3A1159 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.122 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A1159
RGB	rgb(58, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 80.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.60, 33.98, -34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.60, 48.54, 314.43°)
OKLab	oklab(28.77% 0.0713 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(28.77% 0.122 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.7481, 2.0217, 9.6420)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A1159 #305911

analogous

#161159 #3A1159 #591154

triadic

#3A1159 #593A11 #11593A

tetradic

#3A1159 #591611 #305911 #115459

square

#3A1159 #591611 #305911 #115459

split-complementary

#3A1159 #545911 #115916

monochromatic

#11051A #190726 #3A1159 #5B1B8C #7D25C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.95

#3A1159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#3A1159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A1159

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A1159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A1159	1.00	14.95	1.40	14.95
#FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#342334

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a1159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.122 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745488',
    500: '#3a1159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a1159;
$custom-light: #745488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a1159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.167,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2877,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A1159

secondary

#5C9234

accent

#EB3D88

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE8F0

border

#C8C4CB

text

#08030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A1159

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →