#3B17A1#3B17A1

#3B17A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.197 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B17A1
RGB	rgb(59, 23, 161)
HSL	hsl(256, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 85.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 51.33, -66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 84.17, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.0438 -0.1924)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.197 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5411, 4.1152, 34.0555)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B17A1 #7DA117

analogous

#1738A1 #3B17A1 #8017A1

triadic

#3B17A1 #A13B17 #17A13B

tetradic

#3B17A1 #A11738 #7DA117 #17A180

square

#3B17A1 #A11738 #7DA117 #17A180

split-complementary

#3B17A1 #A18017 #38A117

monochromatic

#140836 #270F6B #3B17A1 #4F1FD7 #754DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#3B17A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3B17A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B17A1

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B17A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B17A1	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00349F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b17a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 23, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.197 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805cbe',
    500: '#3b17a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b17a1;
$custom-light: #805cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b17a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36886,
    "c": 0.19732,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B17A1

secondary

#A7C74C

accent

#F236C1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B17A1

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

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