#3B1779#3B1779

#3B1779 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.152 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1779
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 81%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.73, 40.08, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.73, 63.21, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(32.63% 0.0581 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(32.63% 0.152 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5603, 2.9229, 18.3567)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1779 #557917

analogous

#172479 #3B1779 #6C1779

triadic

#3B1779 #793B17 #17793B

tetradic

#3B1779 #791724 #557917 #17796C

square

#3B1779 #791724 #557917 #17796C

split-complementary

#3B1779 #796C17 #247917

monochromatic

#0D051A #220D46 #3B1779 #5421AC #6F32D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.25

#3B1779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#3B1779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1779

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1779	1.00	13.25	1.58	13.25
#FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.152 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7859a1',
    500: '#3b1779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1779;
$custom-light: #7859a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.041,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32625,
    "c": 0.1519,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1779

secondary

#85AE3E

accent

#EB3DAB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1779

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

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