#3B157F#3B157F

#3B157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.161 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B157F
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(262, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.04, 42.66, -52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.04, 67.42, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(33.02% 0.0576 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(33.02% 0.161 291)
XYZ	xyz(5.9015, 2.9982, 20.3423)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B157F #597F15

analogous

#15247F #3B157F #70157F

triadic

#3B157F #7F3B15 #157F3B

tetradic

#3B157F #7F1524 #597F15 #157F70

square

#3B157F #7F1524 #597F15 #157F70

split-complementary

#3B157F #7F7015 #247F15

monochromatic

#0C041A #230C4A #3B157F #531EB4 #6F31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#3B157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#3B157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B157F

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B157F	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.161 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a58a5',
    500: '#3b157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b157f;
$custom-light: #7a58a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.509,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33021,
    "c": 0.16072,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.02998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B157F

secondary

#89B43C

accent

#EE39AE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B157F

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

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