#3B16A1#3B16A1

#3B16A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.198 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B16A1
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 161)
HSL	hsl(256, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 86.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 51.71, -66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 84.57, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.0443 -0.193)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.198 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5216, 4.0762, 34.0490)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B16A1 #7CA116

analogous

#1637A1 #3B16A1 #8016A1

triadic

#3B16A1 #A13B16 #16A13B

tetradic

#3B16A1 #A11637 #7CA116 #16A180

square

#3B16A1 #A11637 #7CA116 #16A180

split-complementary

#3B16A1 #A18016 #37A116

monochromatic

#140735 #270F6B #3B16A1 #4F1DD7 #744BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#3B16A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3B16A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B16A1

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B16A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B16A1	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00349F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b16a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.198 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805bbe',
    500: '#3b16a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b16a1;
$custom-light: #805bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b16a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.971,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36799,
    "c": 0.19799,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B16A1

secondary

#A7C84B

accent

#F335C0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B16A1

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

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