#3B165C#3B165C

#3B165C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.119 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B165C
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 92)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.88, 32.53, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.88, 47.49, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(29.79% 0.0667 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(29.79% 0.119 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0219, 2.2763, 10.3506)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B165C #375C16

analogous

#18165C #3B165C #5C165A

triadic

#3B165C #5C3B16 #165C3B

tetradic

#3B165C #5C1816 #375C16 #165A5C

square

#3B165C #5C1816 #375C16 #165A5C

split-complementary

#3B165C #5A5C16 #165C18

monochromatic

#100619 #1B0A2B #3B165C #5B228D #7A2EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#3B165C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#3B165C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B165C

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B165C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B165C	1.00	14.43	1.46	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b165c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.119 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75578b',
    500: '#3b165c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b165c;
$custom-light: #75578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b165c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29786,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B165C

secondary

#64933B

accent

#E5438F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B165C

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

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