#3B176D#3B176D

#3B176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.138 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B176D
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.57, 36.70, -43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.57, 56.56, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(31.45% 0.0617 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(31.45% 0.138 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8696, 2.6466, 14.7193)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B176D #496D17

analogous

#171E6D #3B176D #66176D

triadic

#3B176D #6D3B17 #176D3B

tetradic

#3B176D #6D171E #496D17 #176D66

square

#3B176D #6D171E #496D17 #176D66

split-complementary

#3B176D #6D6617 #1E6D17

monochromatic

#0E0519 #200C3A #3B176D #5622A0 #722CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.73

#3B176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#3B176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B176D

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B176D	1.00	13.73	1.53	13.73
#FFFFFF	13.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.138 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775898',
    500: '#3b176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b176d;
$custom-light: #775898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.116,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31454,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B176D

secondary

#78A33D

accent

#E840A2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B176D

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

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