#3B177E#3B177E

#3B177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.158 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B177E
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.24, 41.49, -51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.24, 65.93, 309.00°)
OKLab	oklab(33.13% 0.0565 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(33.13% 0.158 291)
XYZ	xyz(5.8748, 3.0487, 20.0135)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B177E #5A7E17

analogous

#17267E #3B177E #6F177E

triadic

#3B177E #7E3B17 #177E3B

tetradic

#3B177E #7E1726 #5A7E17 #177E6F

square

#3B177E #7E1726 #5A7E17 #177E6F

split-complementary

#3B177E #7E6F17 #267E17

monochromatic

#0C051A #230E4A #3B177E #5320B2 #6F35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.05

#3B177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#3B177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B177E

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B177E	1.00	13.05	1.61	13.05
#FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.158 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7959a4',
    500: '#3b177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b177e;
$custom-light: #7959a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.971,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3313,
    "c": 0.1577,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.03049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B177E

secondary

#8AB33E

accent

#EC3CAE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B177E

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

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