#3B1785#3B1785

#3B1785 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.166 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1785
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 133)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 82.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.96, 43.48, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.96, 69.69, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(33.85% 0.0541 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(33.85% 0.166 289)
XYZ	xyz(6.3424, 3.2357, 22.4761)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.18

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1785 #618517

analogous

#172A85 #3B1785 #721785

triadic

#3B1785 #853B17 #17853B

tetradic

#3B1785 #85172A #618517 #178572

square

#3B1785 #85172A #618517 #178572

split-complementary

#3B1785 #857217 #2A8517

monochromatic

#0D051D #240E51 #3B1785 #5220B9 #6F3ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#3B1785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#3B1785 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1785

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1785	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.166 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5aaa',
    500: '#3b1785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1785;
$custom-light: #7a5aaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.636,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33852,
    "c": 0.16577,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.03236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1785

secondary

#91B93F

accent

#ED3BB3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1785

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

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