#3A16B4#3A16B4

#3A16B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.219 H 279.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A16B4
RGB	rgb(58, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(254, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, 56.82, -74.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 93.96, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% 0.0356 -0.216)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.219 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2674, 4.7678, 43.5504)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A16B4 #90B416

analogous

#1641B4 #3A16B4 #8916B4

triadic

#3A16B4 #B43A16 #16B43A

tetradic

#3A16B4 #B41641 #90B416 #16B489

square

#3A16B4 #B41641 #90B416 #16B489

split-complementary

#3A16B4 #B48916 #41B416

monochromatic

#170947 #280F7D #3A16B4 #4F23E4 #7B5AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#3A16B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#3A16B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A16B4

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A16B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A16B4	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a16b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.219 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dcc',
    500: '#3a16b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a16b4;
$custom-light: #835dcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a16b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.671,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3888,
    "c": 0.21891,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A16B4

secondary

#B3CE58

accent

#F533C9

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0514

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A16B4

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

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