#3B156F#3B156F

#3B156F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.142 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B156F
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.43, 38.21, -44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.43, 58.72, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(31.41% 0.063 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(31.41% 0.142 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9403, 2.6137, 15.2801)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B156F #496F15

analogous

#151C6F #3B156F #68156F

triadic

#3B156F #6F3B15 #156F3B

tetradic

#3B156F #6F151C #496F15 #156F68

square

#3B156F #6F151C #496F15 #156F68

split-complementary

#3B156F #6F6815 #1C6F15

monochromatic

#0E051A #200B3C #3B156F #561FA2 #7228D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.79

#3B156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#3B156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B156F

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B156F	1.00	13.79	1.52	13.79
#FFFFFF	13.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.142 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775799',
    500: '#3b156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b156f;
$custom-light: #775799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.333,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31412,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B156F

secondary

#78A53A

accent

#EB3DA1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B156F

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

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