#3B155B#3B155B

#3B155B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.119 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B155B
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 91)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 76.9%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.61, 32.77, -34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.61, 47.48, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(29.57% 0.0681 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(29.57% 0.119 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9597, 2.2215, 10.1157)
Luminance	0.0222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B155B #355B15

analogous

#18155B #3B155B #5B1558

triadic

#3B155B #5B3B15 #155B3B

tetradic

#3B155B #5B1815 #355B15 #15585B

square

#3B155B #5B1815 #355B15 #15585B

split-complementary

#3B155B #585B15 #155B18

monochromatic

#100619 #1B0A29 #3B155B #5B208D #7B2CBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.54

#3B155B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#3B155B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B155B

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B155B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B155B	1.00	14.54	1.44	14.54
#FFFFFF	14.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b155b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.119 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74568a',
    500: '#3b155b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b155b;
$custom-light: #74568a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b155b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2957,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B155B

secondary

#629239

accent

#E6428D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B155B

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

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