#3B16A0#3B16A0

#3B16A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.197 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B16A0
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 160)
HSL	hsl(256, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 86.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 51.43, -66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 84.07, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.69% 0.0446 -0.1918)
OKLCH	oklch(36.69% 0.197 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4337, 4.0411, 33.5865)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B16A0 #7BA016

analogous

#1636A0 #3B16A0 #8016A0

triadic

#3B16A0 #A03B16 #16A03B

tetradic

#3B16A0 #A01636 #7BA016 #16A080

square

#3B16A0 #A01636 #7BA016 #16A080

split-complementary

#3B16A0 #A08016 #36A016

monochromatic

#130734 #270F6A #3B16A0 #4F1DD6 #744AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#3B16A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#3B16A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B16A0

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B16A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B16A0	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00349E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b16a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.197 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5bbd',
    500: '#3b16a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b16a0;
$custom-light: #7f5bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b16a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.087,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36687,
    "c": 0.19689,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B16A0

secondary

#A6C84A

accent

#F235C0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B16A0

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

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