#3B174E#3B174E

#3B174E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.101 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B174E
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 78)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.97, 28.32, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.97, 38.85, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(28.79% 0.0672 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(28.79% 0.101 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.4849, 2.0927, 7.4266)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B174E #2A4E17

analogous

#20174E #3B174E #4E1745

triadic

#3B174E #4E3B17 #174E3B

tetradic

#3B174E #4E2017 #2A4E17 #17454E

square

#3B174E #4E2017 #2A4E17 #17454E

split-complementary

#3B174E #454E17 #174E20

monochromatic

#120718 #17091F #3B174E #5F257D #8333AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.80

#3B174E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#3B174E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B174E

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B174E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B174E	1.00	14.80	1.42	14.80
#FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12284D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#392230

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b174e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.101 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735780',
    500: '#3b174e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b174e;
$custom-light: #735780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b174e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.273,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28785,
    "c": 0.10062,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B174E

secondary

#55853C

accent

#DE4A7D

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9EE

border

#C8C5C9

text

#08030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B174E

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

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