#3B156C#3B156C

#3B156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.139 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B156C
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.14, 37.38, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.14, 57.05, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(31.12% 0.0639 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(31.12% 0.139 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7779, 2.5488, 14.4247)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B156C #466C15

analogous

#151A6C #3B156C #66156C

triadic

#3B156C #6C3B15 #156C3B

tetradic

#3B156C #6C151A #466C15 #156C66

square

#3B156C #6C151A #466C15 #156C66

split-complementary

#3B156C #6C6615 #1A6C15

monochromatic

#0E051A #1F0B39 #3B156C #571F9F #7329D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#3B156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#3B156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B156C

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B156C	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.139 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775797',
    500: '#3b156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b156c;
$custom-light: #775797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.207,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31123,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B156C

secondary

#75A33A

accent

#EA3D9F

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B156C

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

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