#3B15B4#3B15B4

#3B15B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.219 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B15B4
RGB	rgb(59, 21, 180)
HSL	hsl(254, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 88.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, 57.22, -74.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 94.23, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0374 -0.2161)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.219 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3074, 4.7606, 43.5469)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B15B4 #8EB415

analogous

#153EB4 #3B15B4 #8B15B4

triadic

#3B15B4 #B43B15 #15B43B

tetradic

#3B15B4 #B4153E #8EB415 #15B48B

square

#3B15B4 #B4153E #8EB415 #15B48B

split-complementary

#3B15B4 #B48B15 #3EB415

monochromatic

#170846 #290F7D #3B15B4 #5021E5 #7B58EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#3B15B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#3B15B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B15B4

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B15B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B15B4	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b15b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 21, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.219 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dcc',
    500: '#3b15b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b15b4;
$custom-light: #835dcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b15b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.34,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38888,
    "c": 0.21928,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B15B4

secondary

#B2CF56

accent

#F632C7

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0514

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B15B4

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

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