#3B1872#3B1872

#3B1872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.143 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1872
RGB	rgb(59, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.22, 37.62, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.22, 58.83, 309.75°)
OKLab	oklab(32.05% 0.0594 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(32.05% 0.143 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1667, 2.7978, 16.1841)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1872 #4F7218

analogous

#182272 #3B1872 #681872

triadic

#3B1872 #723B18 #18723B

tetradic

#3B1872 #721822 #4F7218 #187268

square

#3B1872 #721822 #4F7218 #187268

split-complementary

#3B1872 #726818 #227218

monochromatic

#0D0519 #210D3F #3B1872 #5523A5 #7031D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#3B1872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#3B1872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1872

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1872	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.143 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77599b',
    500: '#3b1872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1872;
$custom-light: #77599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32054,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1872

secondary

#7FA73E

accent

#E840A7

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1872

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

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