#3B0B56#3B0B56

#3B0B56 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.125 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B0B56
RGB	rgb(59, 11, 86)
HSL	hsl(278, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(278, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 87.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.63, 35.93, -34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.63, 49.61, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(28.04% 0.0793 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(28.04% 0.125 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.6027, 1.8411, 8.9679)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Violet

#34013F

ΔE00 4.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B0B56 #26560B

analogous

#160B56 #3B0B56 #560B4C

triadic

#3B0B56 #563B0B #0B563B

tetradic

#3B0B56 #56160B #26560B #0B4C56

square

#3B0B56 #56160B #26560B #0B4C56

split-complementary

#3B0B56 #4C560B #0B5616

monochromatic

#13031B #160420 #3B0B56 #60128C #8519C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.35

#3B0B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#3B0B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B0B56

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B0B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B0B56	1.00	15.35	1.37	15.35
#FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#371F31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b0b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 11, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.125 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755186',
    500: '#3b0b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b0b56;
$custom-light: #755186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b0b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28041,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B0B56

secondary

#50912B

accent

#F43479

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EDE7EF

border

#C8C3CA

text

#09020B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B0B56

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

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