#3B168E#3B168E

#3B168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.177 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B168E
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.79, 46.43, -58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.79, 74.88, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.71% 0.0514 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(34.71% 0.177 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9716, 3.4562, 25.8857)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B168E #698E16

analogous

#162D8E #3B168E #77168E

triadic

#3B168E #8E3B16 #168E3B

tetradic

#3B168E #8E162D #698E16 #168E77

square

#3B168E #8E162D #698E16 #168E77

split-complementary

#3B168E #8E7716 #2D8E16

monochromatic

#0F0624 #250E59 #3B168E #511EC3 #703DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#3B168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#3B168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B168E

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B168E	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#123B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.177 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5ab0',
    500: '#3b168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b168e;
$custom-light: #7c5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34707,
    "c": 0.17684,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B168E

secondary

#99C13F

accent

#F038B7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B168E

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

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