#3B175B#3B175B

#3B175B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.116 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B175B
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 91)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.98, 31.74, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.98, 46.34, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(29.83% 0.0657 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(29.83% 0.116 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9979, 2.2979, 10.1284)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B175B #375B17

analogous

#19175B #3B175B #5B1759

triadic

#3B175B #5B3B17 #175B3B

tetradic

#3B175B #5B1917 #375B17 #17595B

square

#3B175B #5B1917 #375B17 #17595B

split-complementary

#3B175B #595B17 #175B19

monochromatic

#100618 #1B0B2A #3B175B #5B238C #7A30BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#3B175B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#3B175B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B175B

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B175B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B175B	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b175b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.116 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74578a',
    500: '#3b175b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b175b;
$custom-light: #74578a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b175b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29833,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B175B

secondary

#64923C

accent

#E3458F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B175B

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

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