#3B115B#3B115B

#3B115B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.124 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B115B
RGB	rgb(59, 17, 91)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 81.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.93, 34.70, -35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.93, 49.61, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(29.09% 0.0724 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(29.09% 0.124 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8920, 2.0861, 10.0931)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B115B #315B11

analogous

#16115B #3B115B #5B1156

triadic

#3B115B #5B3B11 #115B3B

tetradic

#3B115B #5B1611 #315B11 #11565B

square

#3B115B #5B1611 #315B11 #11565B

split-complementary

#3B115B #565B11 #115B16

monochromatic

#11051A #1A0727 #3B115B #5C1B8F #7E24C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.82

#3B115B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#3B115B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B115B

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B115B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B115B	1.00	14.82	1.42	14.82
#FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b115b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 17, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.124 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75548a',
    500: '#3b115b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b115b;
$custom-light: #75548a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b115b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.054,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29092,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B115B

secondary

#5D9434

accent

#EB3C88

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B115B

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

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