#3B186D#3B186D

#3B186D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.137 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B186D
RGB	rgb(59, 24, 109)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 78%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.74, 36.20, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.74, 56.02, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(31.58% 0.0608 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(31.58% 0.137 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8899, 2.6871, 14.7261)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B186D #4A6D18

analogous

#181F6D #3B186D #65186D

triadic

#3B186D #6D3B18 #186D3B

tetradic

#3B186D #6D181F #4A6D18 #186D65

square

#3B186D #6D181F #4A6D18 #186D65

split-complementary

#3B186D #6D6518 #1F6D18

monochromatic

#0E0619 #200D3B #3B186D #56239F #712ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#3B186D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3B186D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B186D

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B186D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B186D	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b186d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 24, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.137 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775998',
    500: '#3b186d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b186d;
$custom-light: #775998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b186d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 63.91,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31578,
    "c": 0.13665,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B186D

secondary

#79A33E

accent

#E741A3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B186D

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

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