#3B157C#3B157C

#3B157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.157 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B157C
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(262, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.73, 41.82, -50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.73, 65.81, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(32.71% 0.0586 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(32.71% 0.157 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7089, 2.9212, 19.3279)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B157C #567C15

analogous

#15227C #3B157C #6E157C

triadic

#3B157C #7C3B15 #157C3B

tetradic

#3B157C #7C1522 #567C15 #157C6E

square

#3B157C #7C1522 #567C15 #157C6E

split-complementary

#3B157C #7C6E15 #227C15

monochromatic

#0C041A #220C48 #3B157C #541EB0 #6F30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.26

#3B157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#3B157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B157C

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B157C	1.00	13.26	1.58	13.26
#FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.157 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7958a3',
    500: '#3b157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b157c;
$custom-light: #7958a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.136,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32712,
    "c": 0.1573,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B157C

secondary

#86B13C

accent

#EE3AAB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B157C

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

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