#3B155D#3B155D

#3B155D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.121 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B155D
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 93)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 77.4%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.78, 33.31, -35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.78, 48.62, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(29.74% 0.0677 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(29.74% 0.121 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.0471, 2.2565, 10.5761)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B155D #375D15

analogous

#17155D #3B155D #5D155B

triadic

#3B155D #5D3B15 #155D3B

tetradic

#3B155D #5D1715 #375D15 #155B5D

square

#3B155D #5D1715 #375D15 #155B5D

split-complementary

#3B155D #5B5D15 #155D17

monochromatic

#100619 #1B0A2B #3B155D #5B208F #7A2CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.47

#3B155D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#3B155D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B155D

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B155D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B155D	1.00	14.47	1.45	14.47
#FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#342637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b155d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.121 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75568b',
    500: '#3b155d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b155d;
$custom-light: #75568b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b155d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29744,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B155D

secondary

#649439

accent

#E6428F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B155D

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

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