#3B175E#3B175E

#3B175E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.120 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B175E
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.23, 32.55, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.23, 48.06, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(30.09% 0.0652 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(30.09% 0.12 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.1299, 2.3507, 10.8237)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B175E #3A5E17

analogous

#18175E #3B175E #5E175D

triadic

#3B175E #5E3B17 #175E3B

tetradic

#3B175E #5E1817 #3A5E17 #175D5E

square

#3B175E #5E1817 #3A5E17 #175D5E

split-complementary

#3B175E #5D5E17 #175E18

monochromatic

#0F0619 #1C0B2D #3B175E #5A238F #792FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.28

#3B175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#3B175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B175E

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B175E	1.00	14.28	1.47	14.28
#FFFFFF	14.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#342838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.120 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75578c',
    500: '#3b175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b175e;
$custom-light: #75578c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.423,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30091,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B175E

secondary

#68953C

accent

#E44493

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B175E

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

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