#3B157B#3B157B

#3B157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.156 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B157B
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(262, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.62, 41.54, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.62, 65.27, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(32.61% 0.059 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(32.61% 0.156 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6459, 2.8960, 18.9965)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B157B #557B15

analogous

#15227B #3B157B #6E157B

triadic

#3B157B #7B3B15 #157B3B

tetradic

#3B157B #7B1522 #557B15 #157B6E

square

#3B157B #7B1522 #557B15 #157B6E

split-complementary

#3B157B #7B6E15 #227B15

monochromatic

#0D041A #220C47 #3B157B #541EAF #6F2FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#3B157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#3B157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B157B

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B157B	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.156 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7958a2',
    500: '#3b157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b157b;
$custom-light: #7958a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3261,
    "c": 0.15616,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B157B

secondary

#85B03B

accent

#EE3AAB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B157B

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

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