#3A2579#3A2579

#3A2579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.135 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A2579
RGB	rgb(58, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.31, 32.35, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.31, 55.15, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% 0.0434 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.135 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8567, 3.6029, 18.4723)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.70

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A2579 #647925

analogous

#253A79 #3A2579 #642579

triadic

#3A2579 #793A25 #25793A

tetradic

#3A2579 #79253A #647925 #257964

square

#3A2579 #79253A #647925 #257964

split-complementary

#3A2579 #796425 #3A7925

monochromatic

#0D081B #24174A #3A2579 #5033A8 #6E4FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#3A2579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3A2579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A2579

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A2579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A2579	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a2579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.135 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7761a0',
    500: '#3a2579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a2579;
$custom-light: #7761a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a2579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34426,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A2579

secondary

#94AB4E

accent

#DD4BB8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF3

border

#C8C6CD

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A2579

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

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