#3B165D#3B165D

#3B165D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.120 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B165D
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 93)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 76.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.96, 32.80, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.96, 48.06, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(29.87% 0.0666 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(29.87% 0.12 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.0659, 2.2939, 10.5824)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B165D #385D16

analogous

#18165D #3B165D #5D165B

triadic

#3B165D #5D3B16 #165D3B

tetradic

#3B165D #5D1816 #385D16 #165B5D

square

#3B165D #5D1816 #385D16 #165B5D

split-complementary

#3B165D #5B5D16 #165D18

monochromatic

#100619 #1C0A2C #3B165D #5A228E #7A2DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#3B165D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#3B165D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B165D

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B165D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B165D	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#342738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b165d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.120 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75578b',
    500: '#3b165d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b165d;
$custom-light: #75578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b165d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.268,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29872,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B165D

secondary

#66943B

accent

#E54390

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B165D

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

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