#3A2174#3A2174

#3A2174 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.134 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A2174
RGB	rgb(58, 33, 116)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 71.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.01, 33.16, -43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.01, 54.77, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(33.36% 0.0485 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(33.36% 0.134 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4403, 3.2480, 16.8599)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A2174 #5B7421

analogous

#213274 #3A2174 #642174

triadic

#3A2174 #743A21 #21743A

tetradic

#3A2174 #742132 #5B7421 #217464

square

#3A2174 #742132 #5B7421 #217464

split-complementary

#3A2174 #746421 #327421

monochromatic

#0C0718 #221344 #3A2174 #522FA4 #6D45CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#3A2174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#3A2174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A2174

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A2174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A2174	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a2174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 33, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.134 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765e9d',
    500: '#3a2174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a2174;
$custom-light: #765e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a2174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.072,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33356,
    "c": 0.13399,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A2174

secondary

#8BA749

accent

#DF49B2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A2174

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

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