#3B177B#3B177B

#3B177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.154 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B177B
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.93, 40.65, -49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.93, 64.30, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(32.82% 0.0575 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(32.82% 0.154 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6842, 2.9724, 19.0093)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B177B #577B17

analogous

#17257B #3B177B #6D177B

triadic

#3B177B #7B3B17 #177B3B

tetradic

#3B177B #7B1725 #577B17 #177B6D

square

#3B177B #7B1725 #577B17 #177B6D

split-complementary

#3B177B #7B6D17 #257B17

monochromatic

#0C051A #220D47 #3B177B #5421AF #6F33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#3B177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#3B177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B177B

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B177B	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.154 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7959a2',
    500: '#3b177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b177b;
$custom-light: #7959a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32825,
    "c": 0.15423,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B177B

secondary

#87B03E

accent

#EB3CAC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B177B

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

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