#3B17A0#3B17A0

#3B17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.196 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B17A0
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(256, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 51.05, -66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 83.67, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.77% 0.0442 -0.1912)
OKLCH	oklch(36.77% 0.196 283)
XYZ	xyz(8.4532, 4.0801, 33.5930)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B17A0 #7CA017

analogous

#1738A0 #3B17A0 #7F17A0

triadic

#3B17A0 #A03B17 #17A03B

tetradic

#3B17A0 #A01738 #7CA017 #17A07F

square

#3B17A0 #A01738 #7CA017 #17A07F

split-complementary

#3B17A0 #A07F17 #38A017

monochromatic

#140835 #270F6A #3B17A0 #4F1FD6 #744CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#3B17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3B17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B17A0

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B17A0	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00349E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.196 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5cbd',
    500: '#3b17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b17a0;
$custom-light: #7f5cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.766,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36774,
    "c": 0.19621,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.04081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B17A0

secondary

#A7C74C

accent

#F136C0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B17A0

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

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