#3B175A#3B175A

#3B175A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.115 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B175A
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.90, 31.47, -33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.90, 45.76, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(29.75% 0.0659 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(29.75% 0.115 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9551, 2.2808, 9.9028)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B175A #365A17

analogous

#1A175A #3B175A #5A1758

triadic

#3B175A #5A3B17 #175A3B

tetradic

#3B175A #5A1A17 #365A17 #17585A

square

#3B175A #5A1A17 #365A17 #17585A

split-complementary

#3B175A #585A17 #175A1A

monochromatic

#100618 #1B0B29 #3B175A #5B238B #7B30BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.42

#3B175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#3B175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B175A

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B175A	1.00	14.42	1.46	14.42
#FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.115 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745789',
    500: '#3b175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b175a;
$custom-light: #745789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.239,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29749,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B175A

secondary

#63913C

accent

#E2458E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B175A

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

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