#3B166D#3B166D

#3B166D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.139 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B166D
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 109)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 79.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.40, 37.19, -43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.40, 57.09, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(31.34% 0.0627 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(31.34% 0.139 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8501, 2.6077, 14.7128)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B166D #486D16

analogous

#161D6D #3B166D #66166D

triadic

#3B166D #6D3B16 #166D3B

tetradic

#3B166D #6D161D #486D16 #166D66

square

#3B166D #6D161D #486D16 #166D66

split-complementary

#3B166D #6D6616 #1D6D16

monochromatic

#0E0519 #1F0C3A #3B166D #5720A0 #722BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.80

#3B166D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#3B166D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B166D

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B166D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B166D	1.00	13.80	1.52	13.80
#FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b166d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.139 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775898',
    500: '#3b166d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b166d;
$custom-light: #775898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b166d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.517,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31335,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B166D

secondary

#77A33C

accent

#E93EA1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B166D

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

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