#3B169E#3B169E

#3B169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.195 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B169E
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(256, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 50.88, -65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 83.07, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.0454 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.195 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2602, 3.9717, 32.6725)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B169E #799E16

analogous

#16359E #3B169E #7F169E

triadic

#3B169E #9E3B16 #169E3B

tetradic

#3B169E #9E1635 #799E16 #169E7F

square

#3B169E #9E1635 #799E16 #169E7F

split-complementary

#3B169E #9E7F16 #359E16

monochromatic

#130733 #270F68 #3B169E #4F1DD4 #7349E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#3B169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#3B169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B169E

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B169E	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00349C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.195 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5bbc',
    500: '#3b169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b169e;
$custom-light: #7f5bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.324,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36463,
    "c": 0.19469,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B169E

secondary

#A5C749

accent

#F236BF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B169E

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

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