#3B1572#3B1572

#3B1572 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.146 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1572
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.72, 39.04, -46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.72, 60.37, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(31.71% 0.062 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(31.71% 0.146 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1082, 2.6809, 16.1646)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1572 #4C7215

analogous

#151E72 #3B1572 #6A1572

triadic

#3B1572 #723B15 #15723B

tetradic

#3B1572 #72151E #4C7215 #15726A

square

#3B1572 #72151E #4C7215 #15726A

split-complementary

#3B1572 #726A15 #1E7215

monochromatic

#0D051A #200B3E #3B1572 #561FA6 #712AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.67

#3B1572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3B1572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1572

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1572	1.00	13.67	1.54	13.67
#FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.146 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77579b',
    500: '#3b1572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1572;
$custom-light: #77579b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.516,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31706,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1572

secondary

#7BA83B

accent

#EC3CA4

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1572

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

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