#3B115C#3B115C

#3B115C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.125 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B115C
RGB	rgb(59, 17, 92)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 81.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.02, 34.96, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.02, 50.17, 314.17°)
OKLab	oklab(29.18% 0.0721 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(29.18% 0.125 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9354, 2.1034, 10.3218)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B115C #325C11

analogous

#16115C #3B115C #5C1158

triadic

#3B115C #5C3B11 #115C3B

tetradic

#3B115C #5C1611 #325C11 #11585C

square

#3B115C #5C1611 #325C11 #11585C

split-complementary

#3B115C #585C11 #115C16

monochromatic

#11051A #1A0728 #3B115C #5C1B90 #7D24C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.78

#3B115C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#3B115C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B115C

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B115C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B115C	1.00	14.78	1.42	14.78
#FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b115c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 17, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.125 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75548b',
    500: '#3b115c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b115c;
$custom-light: #75548b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b115c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29181,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B115C

secondary

#5F9534

accent

#EC3C89

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B115C

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

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