#3B176F#3B176F

#3B176F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.140 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B176F
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 111)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.76, 37.26, -44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.76, 57.68, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(31.65% 0.0612 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(31.65% 0.14 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9785, 2.6902, 15.2928)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B176F #4B6F17

analogous

#171F6F #3B176F #67176F

triadic

#3B176F #6F3B17 #176F3B

tetradic

#3B176F #6F171F #4B6F17 #176F67

square

#3B176F #6F171F #4B6F17 #176F67

split-complementary

#3B176F #6F6717 #1F6F17

monochromatic

#0D0519 #200C3C #3B176F #5622A2 #712DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.65

#3B176F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3B176F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B176F

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B176F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B176F	1.00	13.65	1.54	13.65
#FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b176f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.140 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775899',
    500: '#3b176f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b176f;
$custom-light: #775899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b176f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31645,
    "c": 0.14019,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B176F

secondary

#7AA53D

accent

#E93FA3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B176F

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

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