#3B176C#3B176C

#3B176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.137 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B176C
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.48, 36.42, -42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.48, 56.00, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(31.36% 0.062 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(31.36% 0.137 297)
XYZ	xyz(4.8161, 2.6252, 14.4374)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B176C #486C17

analogous

#171D6C #3B176C #65176C

triadic

#3B176C #6C3B17 #176C3B

tetradic

#3B176C #6C171D #486C17 #176C65

square

#3B176C #6C171D #486C17 #176C65

split-complementary

#3B176C #6C6517 #1D6C17

monochromatic

#0E0519 #1F0C3A #3B176C #57229E #722CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#3B176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#3B176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B176C

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B176C	1.00	13.77	1.53	13.77
#FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.137 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765897',
    500: '#3b176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b176c;
$custom-light: #765897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.412,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3136,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.02625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B176C

secondary

#77A23D

accent

#E840A1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B176C

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

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