#3B156E#3B156E

#3B156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.141 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B156E
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.33, 37.94, -44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.33, 58.16, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(31.32% 0.0633 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(31.32% 0.141 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8855, 2.5918, 14.9917)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B156E #486E15

analogous

#151B6E #3B156E #67156E

triadic

#3B156E #6E3B15 #156E3B

tetradic

#3B156E #6E151B #486E15 #156E67

square

#3B156E #6E151B #486E15 #156E67

split-complementary

#3B156E #6E6715 #1B6E15

monochromatic

#0E051A #1F0B3B #3B156E #571FA1 #7229D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.83

#3B156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#3B156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B156E

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B156E	1.00	13.83	1.52	13.83
#FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.141 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775798',
    500: '#3b156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b156e;
$custom-light: #775798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.618,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31315,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B156E

secondary

#77A43A

accent

#EB3DA1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B156E

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

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