#3A1255#3A1255

#3A1255 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.116 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A1255
RGB	rgb(58, 18, 85)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 78.8%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.42, 32.47, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.42, 45.76, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(28.54% 0.0711 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(28.54% 0.116 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.6006, 1.9881, 8.7866)
Luminance	0.0199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 5.79

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A1255 #2D5512

analogous

#181255 #3A1255 #55124E

triadic

#3A1255 #553A12 #12553A

tetradic

#3A1255 #551812 #2D5512 #124E55

square

#3A1255 #551812 #2D5512 #124E55

split-complementary

#3A1255 #4E5512 #125518

monochromatic

#110519 #180722 #3A1255 #5C1D88 #7F27BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.03

#3A1255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#3A1255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A1255

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A1255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A1255	1.00	15.03	1.40	15.03
#FFFFFF	15.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362232

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a1255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 18, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.116 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735485',
    500: '#3a1255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a1255;
$custom-light: #735485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a1255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.821,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28538,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A1255

secondary

#598E35

accent

#E84084

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9EF

border

#C8C5CA

text

#08030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A1255

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

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