#3B177D#3B177D

#3B177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.157 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B177D
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.14, 41.21, -50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.14, 65.39, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(33.03% 0.0568 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(33.03% 0.157 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8106, 3.0230, 19.6754)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B177D #597D17

analogous

#17267D #3B177D #6E177D

triadic

#3B177D #7D3B17 #177D3B

tetradic

#3B177D #7D1726 #597D17 #177D6E

square

#3B177D #7D1726 #597D17 #177D6E

split-complementary

#3B177D #7D6E17 #267D17

monochromatic

#0C051A #230D49 #3B177D #5321B1 #6F35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.09

#3B177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#3B177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B177D

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B177D	1.00	13.09	1.60	13.09
#FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.157 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7959a4',
    500: '#3b177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b177d;
$custom-light: #7959a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33028,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B177D

secondary

#89B23E

accent

#EC3CAE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B177D

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

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