#3B155C#3B155C

#3B155C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.120 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B155C
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 92)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 77.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.69, 33.04, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.69, 48.05, 313.44°)
OKLab	oklab(29.66% 0.0679 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(29.66% 0.12 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.0031, 2.2389, 10.3444)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B155C #365C15

analogous

#18155C #3B155C #5C155A

triadic

#3B155C #5C3B15 #155C3B

tetradic

#3B155C #5C1815 #365C15 #155A5C

square

#3B155C #5C1815 #365C15 #155A5C

split-complementary

#3B155C #5A5C15 #155C18

monochromatic

#100619 #1B0A2A #3B155C #5B208E #7B2CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#3B155C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#3B155C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B155C

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B155C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B155C	1.00	14.50	1.45	14.50
#FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b155c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.120 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75568b',
    500: '#3b155c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b155c;
$custom-light: #75568b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b155c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.113,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29657,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B155C

secondary

#639339

accent

#E6428E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B155C

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

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