#3A1659#3A1659

#3A1659 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.115 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A1659
RGB	rgb(58, 22, 89)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 75.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.48, 31.50, -33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.48, 45.79, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(29.39% 0.0657 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(29.39% 0.115 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8346, 2.1946, 9.6709)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A1659 #355916

analogous

#191659 #3A1659 #591657

triadic

#3A1659 #593A16 #16593A

tetradic

#3A1659 #591916 #355916 #165759

square

#3A1659 #591916 #355916 #165759

split-complementary

#3A1659 #575916 #165919

monochromatic

#100619 #1A0A28 #3A1659 #5A228A #7A2EBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.59

#3A1659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#3A1659 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A1659

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A1659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A1659	1.00	14.59	1.44	14.59
#FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#342535

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a1659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 22, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.115 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735688',
    500: '#3a1659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a1659;
$custom-light: #735688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a1659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.239,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29391,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A1659

secondary

#62903B

accent

#E4448E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A1659

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

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