#3A278B#3A278B

#3A278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.156 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A278B
RGB	rgb(58, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 36.87, -52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 64.27, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.0383 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.156 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1292, 4.2142, 24.8589)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A278B #788B27

analogous

#27468B #3A278B #6C278B

triadic

#3A278B #8B3A27 #278B3A

tetradic

#3A278B #8B2746 #788B27 #278B6C

square

#3A278B #8B2746 #788B27 #278B6C

split-complementary

#3A278B #8B6C27 #468B27

monochromatic

#120C2B #261A5B #3A278B #4E34BB #725BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#3A278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3A278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A278B

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A278B	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#114256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.156 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a63ae',
    500: '#3a278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a278b;
$custom-light: #7a63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36401,
    "c": 0.15628,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A278B

secondary

#A4B658

accent

#DF48C3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A278B

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

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