#3B158E#3B158E

#3B158E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.178 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B158E
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.65, 46.83, -58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.65, 75.31, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.052 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.178 287)
XYZ	xyz(6.9528, 3.4187, 25.8795)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B158E #688E15

analogous

#152C8E #3B158E #78158E

triadic

#3B158E #8E3B15 #158E3B

tetradic

#3B158E #8E152C #688E15 #158E78

square

#3B158E #8E152C #688E15 #158E78

split-complementary

#3B158E #8E7815 #2C8E15

monochromatic

#0F0523 #250D59 #3B158E #511DC3 #703BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#3B158E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#3B158E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B158E

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B158E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B158E	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#123B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b158e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.178 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c59b0',
    500: '#3b158e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b158e;
$custom-light: #7c59b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b158e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.843,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34613,
    "c": 0.17761,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.03419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B158E

secondary

#98C23D

accent

#F137B6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B158E

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

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