#3B0E55#3B0E55

#3B0E55 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.121 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B0E55
RGB	rgb(59, 14, 85)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(278, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 83.5%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.95, 34.50, -33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.95, 47.75, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(28.24% 0.0768 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(28.24% 0.121 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.6000, 1.8998, 8.7696)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B0E55 #28550E

analogous

#180E55 #3B0E55 #550E4C

triadic

#3B0E55 #553B0E #0E553B

tetradic

#3B0E55 #55180E #28550E #0E4C55

square

#3B0E55 #55180E #28550E #0E4C55

split-complementary

#3B0E55 #4C550E #0E5518

monochromatic

#12041A #170520 #3B0E55 #5F178A #841FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.22

#3B0E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#3B0E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B0E55

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B0E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B0E55	1.00	15.22	1.38	15.22
#FFFFFF	15.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#371F31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b0e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 14, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.121 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745285',
    500: '#3b0e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b0e55;
$custom-light: #745285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b0e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.028,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28239,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B0E55

secondary

#538F30

accent

#EE397C

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EDE7EF

border

#C8C3CA

text

#09020B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B0E55

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

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