#3B157E#3B157E

#3B157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.160 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B157E
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(262, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.93, 42.38, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.93, 66.88, 309.32°)
OKLab	oklab(32.92% 0.0579 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(32.92% 0.16 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8366, 2.9723, 20.0008)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B157E #587E15

analogous

#15247E #3B157E #70157E

triadic

#3B157E #7E3B15 #157E3B

tetradic

#3B157E #7E1524 #587E15 #157E70

square

#3B157E #7E1524 #587E15 #157E70

split-complementary

#3B157E #7E7015 #247E15

monochromatic

#0C041A #220C4A #3B157E #541EB2 #6F31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#3B157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#3B157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B157E

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B157E	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.160 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7958a4',
    500: '#3b157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b157e;
$custom-light: #7958a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32918,
    "c": 0.15958,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B157E

secondary

#88B33C

accent

#EE3AAD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B157E

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

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