#3B1059#3B1059

#3B1059 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.123 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1059
RGB	rgb(59, 16, 89)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 82%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.60, 34.63, -34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.60, 48.99, 314.98°)
OKLab	oklab(28.8% 0.0739 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(28.8% 0.123 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.7917, 2.0217, 9.6397)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1059 #2E5910

analogous

#161059 #3B1059 #591052

triadic

#3B1059 #593B10 #10593B

tetradic

#3B1059 #591610 #2E5910 #105259

square

#3B1059 #591610 #2E5910 #105259

split-complementary

#3B1059 #525910 #105916

monochromatic

#11051A #190725 #3B1059 #5D198D #8023C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.95

#3B1059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#3B1059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1059

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1059	1.00	14.95	1.40	14.95
#FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 16, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.123 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755488',
    500: '#3b1059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1059;
$custom-light: #755488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.342,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28803,
    "c": 0.12315,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1059

secondary

#5A9233

accent

#EC3B84

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EDE8F0

border

#C8C4CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1059

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

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