#3B165E#3B165E

#3B165E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.121 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B165E
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.05, 33.07, -35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.05, 48.63, 312.84°)
OKLab	oklab(29.96% 0.0664 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(29.96% 0.121 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1105, 2.3118, 10.8172)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B165E #395E16

analogous

#17165E #3B165E #5E165D

triadic

#3B165E #5E3B16 #165E3B

tetradic

#3B165E #5E1716 #395E16 #165D5E

square

#3B165E #5E1716 #395E16 #165D5E

split-complementary

#3B165E #5D5E16 #165E17

monochromatic

#100619 #1C0A2C #3B165E #5A2290 #792DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#3B165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#3B165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B165E

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B165E	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#342738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.121 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75578c',
    500: '#3b165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b165e;
$custom-light: #75578c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29959,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B165E

secondary

#67953B

accent

#E54392

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B165E

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

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