#3B149F#3B149F

#3B149F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.197 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B149F
RGB	rgb(59, 20, 159)
HSL	hsl(257, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 87.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 51.88, -66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 84.33, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.0459 -0.1917)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.197 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3099, 3.9327, 33.1154)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B149F #789F14

analogous

#14329F #3B149F #81149F

triadic

#3B149F #9F3B14 #149F3B

tetradic

#3B149F #9F1432 #789F14 #149F81

square

#3B149F #9F1432 #789F14 #149F81

split-complementary

#3B149F #9F8114 #329F14

monochromatic

#130632 #270D69 #3B149F #4F1BD5 #7346E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#3B149F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#3B149F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B149F

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B149F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B149F	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00339D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b149f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 20, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.197 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5abd',
    500: '#3b149f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b149f;
$custom-light: #7f5abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b149f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.835,
    "s": 77.654,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36409,
    "c": 0.1971,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B149F

secondary

#A4C846

accent

#F434BE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B149F

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

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