#3B166C#3B166C

#3B166C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.138 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B166C
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.30, 36.91, -42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.30, 56.54, 310.76°)
OKLab	oklab(31.24% 0.0629 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(31.24% 0.138 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7966, 2.5862, 14.4309)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B166C #476C16

analogous

#161C6C #3B166C #66166C

triadic

#3B166C #6C3B16 #166C3B

tetradic

#3B166C #6C161C #476C16 #166C66

square

#3B166C #6C161C #476C16 #166C66

split-complementary

#3B166C #6C6616 #1C6C16

monochromatic

#0E0519 #1F0C39 #3B166C #57209F #732BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#3B166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#3B166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B166C

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B166C	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.138 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775897',
    500: '#3b166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b166c;
$custom-light: #775897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.814,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31239,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B166C

secondary

#76A23C

accent

#E93FA0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B166C

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

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