#3B176B#3B176B

#3B176B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.135 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B176B
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.38, 36.14, -42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.38, 55.44, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(31.27% 0.0623 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(31.27% 0.135 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7632, 2.6040, 14.1587)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B176B #476B17

analogous

#171D6B #3B176B #65176B

triadic

#3B176B #6B3B17 #176B3B

tetradic

#3B176B #6B171D #476B17 #176B65

square

#3B176B #6B171D #476B17 #176B65

split-complementary

#3B176B #6B6517 #1D6B17

monochromatic

#0E0519 #1F0C39 #3B176B #57229D #732DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.81

#3B176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#3B176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B176B

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B176B	1.00	13.81	1.52	13.81
#FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.135 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765896',
    500: '#3b176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b176b;
$custom-light: #765896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31266,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B176B

secondary

#76A13D

accent

#E840A0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B176B

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

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