#3B1689#3B1689

#3B1689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.171 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1689
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(259, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.24, 45.03, -56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.24, 72.27, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(34.17% 0.0533 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(34.17% 0.171 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6046, 3.3094, 23.9528)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1689 #648916

analogous

#162B89 #3B1689 #741689

triadic

#3B1689 #893B16 #16893B

tetradic

#3B1689 #89162B #648916 #168974

square

#3B1689 #89162B #648916 #168974

split-complementary

#3B1689 #897416 #2B8916

monochromatic

#0E0520 #240E54 #3B1689 #521EBE #6F3ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#3B1689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#3B1689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1689

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1689	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#193951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.171 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b59ad',
    500: '#3b1689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1689;
$custom-light: #7b59ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.304,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34172,
    "c": 0.17119,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1689

secondary

#94BD3E

accent

#EF39B4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1689

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

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