#3B168D#3B168D

#3B168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.176 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B168D
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.68, 46.15, -58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.68, 74.36, 308.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% 0.0518 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.176 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8968, 3.4263, 25.4921)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B168D #688D16

analogous

#162D8D #3B168D #76168D

triadic

#3B168D #8D3B16 #168D3B

tetradic

#3B168D #8D162D #688D16 #168D76

square

#3B168D #8D162D #688D16 #168D76

split-complementary

#3B168D #8D7616 #2D8D16

monochromatic

#0F0523 #250E58 #3B168D #511EC2 #703DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#3B168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#3B168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B168D

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B168D	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#133B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.176 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5ab0',
    500: '#3b168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b168d;
$custom-light: #7c5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.655,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.346,
    "c": 0.1757,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B168D

secondary

#98C13E

accent

#F038B7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B168D

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

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