#3B16B4#3B16B4

#3B16B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.219 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B16B4
RGB	rgb(59, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(254, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 56.89, -74.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 93.89, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% 0.0371 -0.2155)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.219 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3261, 4.7981, 43.5531)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B16B4 #8FB416

analogous

#1640B4 #3B16B4 #8A16B4

triadic

#3B16B4 #B43B16 #16B43B

tetradic

#3B16B4 #B41640 #8FB416 #16B48A

square

#3B16B4 #B41640 #8FB416 #16B48A

split-complementary

#3B16B4 #B48A16 #40B416

monochromatic

#170947 #290F7D #3B16B4 #5023E4 #7C5AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#3B16B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#3B16B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B16B4

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B16B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B16B4	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b16b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.219 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835dcc',
    500: '#3b16b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b16b4;
$custom-light: #835dcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b16b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.051,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38962,
    "c": 0.21872,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B16B4

secondary

#B2CE58

accent

#F533C7

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0514

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B16B4

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

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