#3B166E#3B166E

#3B166E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.140 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B166E
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 110)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 80%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.49, 37.47, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.49, 57.65, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(31.43% 0.0624 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(31.43% 0.14 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.9043, 2.6293, 14.9979)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B166E #496E16

analogous

#161D6E #3B166E #67166E

triadic

#3B166E #6E3B16 #166E3B

tetradic

#3B166E #6E161D #496E16 #166E67

square

#3B166E #6E161D #496E16 #166E67

split-complementary

#3B166E #6E6716 #1D6E16

monochromatic

#0E051A #200C3B #3B166E #5620A1 #722AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.76

#3B166E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#3B166E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B166E

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B166E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B166E	1.00	13.76	1.53	13.76
#FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b166e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.140 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775898',
    500: '#3b166e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b166e;
$custom-light: #775898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b166e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.227,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3143,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B166E

secondary

#78A43C

accent

#EA3EA2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B166E

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

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