#3B0E57#3B0E57

#3B0E57 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.123 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B0E57
RGB	rgb(59, 14, 87)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 83.9%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.13, 34.99, -34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.13, 48.84, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(28.42% 0.0763 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(28.42% 0.123 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.6806, 1.9321, 9.1940)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B0E57 #2A570E

analogous

#160E57 #3B0E57 #570E4F

triadic

#3B0E57 #573B0E #0E573B

tetradic

#3B0E57 #57160E #2A570E #0E4F57

square

#3B0E57 #57160E #2A570E #0E4F57

split-complementary

#3B0E57 #4F570E #0E5716

monochromatic

#12041A #170622 #3B0E57 #5F168C #831FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.15

#3B0E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#3B0E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B0E57

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B0E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B0E57	1.00	15.15	1.39	15.15
#FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b0e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 14, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.123 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755287',
    500: '#3b0e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b0e57;
$custom-light: #755287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b0e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.986,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28416,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B0E57

secondary

#559130

accent

#EF397F

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EDE7EF

border

#C8C3CA

text

#09020B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B0E57

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

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