#3B155A#3B155A

#3B155A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.118 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B155A
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 90)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 76.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.53, 32.51, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.53, 46.91, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(29.48% 0.0683 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(29.48% 0.118 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9169, 2.2044, 9.8900)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B155A #345A15

analogous

#18155A #3B155A #5A1557

triadic

#3B155A #5A3B15 #155A3B

tetradic

#3B155A #5A1815 #345A15 #15575A

square

#3B155A #5A1815 #345A15 #15575A

split-complementary

#3B155A #575A15 #155A18

monochromatic

#100619 #1A0928 #3B155A #5C218C #7C2CBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.58

#3B155A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#3B155A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B155A

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B155A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B155A	1.00	14.58	1.44	14.58
#FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b155a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.118 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745689',
    500: '#3b155a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b155a;
$custom-light: #745689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b155a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.043,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29484,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B155A

secondary

#619239

accent

#E5438C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B155A

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

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