#3B1381#3B1381

#3B1381 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.165 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1381
RGB	rgb(59, 19, 129)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(262, 85%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 85.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.96, 44.04, -53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.96, 69.36, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(33.03% 0.0582 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(33.03% 0.165 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9978, 2.9803, 21.0238)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1381 #598113

analogous

#132281 #3B1381 #721381

triadic

#3B1381 #813B13 #13813B

tetradic

#3B1381 #811322 #598113 #138172

square

#3B1381 #811322 #598113 #138172

split-complementary

#3B1381 #817213 #228113

monochromatic

#0C041B #230B4C #3B1381 #531BB6 #6F2EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.16

#3B1381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#3B1381 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1381

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1381	1.00	13.16	1.60	13.16
#FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 19, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.165 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a58a7',
    500: '#3b1381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1381;
$custom-light: #7a58a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33035,
    "c": 0.16469,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1381

secondary

#89B63A

accent

#F137AD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0310

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1381

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

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