#3B1481#3B1481

#3B1481 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.164 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1481
RGB	rgb(59, 20, 129)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 84.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.10, 43.64, -53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.10, 68.93, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(33.13% 0.0575 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(33.13% 0.164 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0151, 3.0148, 21.0296)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1481 #5A8114

analogous

#142481 #3B1481 #721481

triadic

#3B1481 #813B14 #14813B

tetradic

#3B1481 #811424 #5A8114 #148172

square

#3B1481 #811424 #5A8114 #148172

split-complementary

#3B1481 #817214 #248114

monochromatic

#0C041A #230C4C #3B1481 #531CB6 #6F30DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.10

#3B1481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#3B1481 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1481

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1481	1.00	13.10	1.60	13.10
#FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 20, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.164 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a58a7',
    500: '#3b1481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1481;
$custom-light: #7a58a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.468,
    "s": 73.154,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33131,
    "c": 0.16386,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1481

secondary

#8AB63B

accent

#F038AE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1481

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

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