#3B156B#3B156B

#3B156B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.138 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B156B
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.04, 37.11, -42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.04, 56.50, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(31.03% 0.0642 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(31.03% 0.138 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7249, 2.5276, 14.1460)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B156B #456B15

analogous

#151A6B #3B156B #66156B

triadic

#3B156B #6B3B15 #156B3B

tetradic

#3B156B #6B151A #456B15 #156B66

square

#3B156B #6B151A #456B15 #156B66

split-complementary

#3B156B #6B6615 #1A6B15

monochromatic

#0E051A #1F0B38 #3B156B #571F9E #7329D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#3B156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#3B156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B156B

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B156B	1.00	13.95	1.51	13.95
#FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.138 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765796',
    500: '#3b156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b156b;
$custom-light: #765796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.512,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31027,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B156B

secondary

#74A23A

accent

#EA3E9E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B156B

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

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