#3B155E#3B155E

#3B155E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.123 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B155E
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 94)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 77.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.87, 33.58, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.87, 49.19, 313.05°)
OKLab	oklab(29.83% 0.0675 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(29.83% 0.123 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.0917, 2.2743, 10.8109)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B155E #385E15

analogous

#17155E #3B155E #5E155C

triadic

#3B155E #5E3B15 #155E3B

tetradic

#3B155E #5E1715 #385E15 #155C5E

square

#3B155E #5E1715 #385E15 #155C5E

split-complementary

#3B155E #5C5E15 #155E17

monochromatic

#100619 #1C0A2C #3B155E #5A2090 #7A2BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#3B155E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#3B155E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B155E

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B155E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B155E	1.00	14.43	1.45	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#342738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b155e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.123 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75568c',
    500: '#3b155e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b155e;
$custom-light: #75568c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b155e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.233,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29832,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B155E

secondary

#669539

accent

#E74191

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B155E

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

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