#3B176E#3B176E

#3B176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.139 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B176E
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.66, 36.98, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.66, 57.12, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(31.55% 0.0614 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(31.55% 0.139 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9238, 2.6683, 15.0044)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B176E #4A6E17

analogous

#171E6E #3B176E #66176E

triadic

#3B176E #6E3B17 #176E3B

tetradic

#3B176E #6E171E #4A6E17 #176E66

square

#3B176E #6E171E #4A6E17 #176E66

split-complementary

#3B176E #6E6617 #1E6E17

monochromatic

#0E0519 #200C3B #3B176E #5622A1 #712CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.69

#3B176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#3B176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B176E

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B176E	1.00	13.69	1.53	13.69
#FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.139 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775898',
    500: '#3b176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b176e;
$custom-light: #775898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31549,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B176E

secondary

#79A43D

accent

#E83FA2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B176E

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

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