#3B159F#3B159F

#3B159F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.196 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B159F
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 159)
HSL	hsl(257, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 86.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 51.52, -66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 83.96, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.49% 0.0455 -0.1911)
OKLCH	oklch(36.49% 0.196 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3279, 3.9688, 33.1214)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B159F #799F15

analogous

#15349F #3B159F #80159F

triadic

#3B159F #9F3B15 #159F3B

tetradic

#3B159F #9F1534 #799F15 #159F80

square

#3B159F #9F1534 #799F15 #159F80

split-complementary

#3B159F #9F8015 #349F15

monochromatic

#130733 #270E69 #3B159F #4F1CD5 #7348E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#3B159F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#3B159F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B159F

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B159F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B159F	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00349D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b159f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.196 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5bbd',
    500: '#3b159f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b159f;
$custom-light: #7f5bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b159f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3649,
    "c": 0.19646,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B159F

secondary

#A5C848

accent

#F335BF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B159F

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

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