#3B0B52#3B0B52

#3B0B52 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.121 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B0B52
RGB	rgb(59, 11, 82)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(281, 87%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 86.6%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.28, 34.98, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.28, 47.44, 317.49°)
OKLab	oklab(27.69% 0.0804 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(27.69% 0.121 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.4460, 1.7784, 8.1428)
Luminance	0.0178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 5.60

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B0B52 #22520B

analogous

#170B52 #3B0B52 #520B45

triadic

#3B0B52 #523B0B #0B523B

tetradic

#3B0B52 #52170B #22520B #0B4552

square

#3B0B52 #52170B #22520B #0B4552

split-complementary

#3B0B52 #45520B #0B5217

monochromatic

#13041B #14041C #3B0B52 #621288 #8919BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.49

#3B0B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#3B0B52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B0B52

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B0B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B0B52	1.00	15.49	1.36	15.49
#FFFFFF	15.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#381D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b0b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 11, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.121 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745183',
    500: '#3b0b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b0b52;
$custom-light: #745183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b0b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.563,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27685,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B0B52

secondary

#4B8E2B

accent

#F33572

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EDE7EF

border

#C8C3CA

text

#09020B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B0B52

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

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