#3B1172#3B1172

#3B1172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.150 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1172
RGB	rgb(59, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(266, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.12, 40.77, -47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.12, 62.23, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(31.29% 0.0652 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(31.29% 0.15 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0405, 2.5455, 16.1421)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1172 #487211

analogous

#111872 #3B1172 #6B1172

triadic

#3B1172 #723B11 #11723B

tetradic

#3B1172 #721118 #487211 #11726B

square

#3B1172 #721118 #487211 #11726B

split-complementary

#3B1172 #726B11 #187211

monochromatic

#0E041B #1F093D #3B1172 #5719A7 #7221DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#3B1172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#3B1172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1172

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1172	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.150 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78569b',
    500: '#3b1172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1172;
$custom-light: #78569b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.979,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31293,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1172

secondary

#77A936

accent

#F137A0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1172

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

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