#3B1879#3B1879

#3B1879 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.151 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1879
RGB	rgb(59, 24, 121)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 80.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.90, 39.61, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.90, 62.70, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(32.74% 0.0573 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(32.74% 0.151 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5805, 2.9633, 18.3634)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1879 #567918

analogous

#182679 #3B1879 #6B1879

triadic

#3B1879 #793B18 #18793B

tetradic

#3B1879 #791826 #567918 #18796B

square

#3B1879 #791826 #567918 #18796B

split-complementary

#3B1879 #796B18 #267918

monochromatic

#0C051A #220E46 #3B1879 #5422AC #6F35D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.18

#3B1879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#3B1879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1879

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1879	1.00	13.18	1.59	13.18
#FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 24, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.151 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7859a1',
    500: '#3b1879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1879;
$custom-light: #7859a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.649,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32739,
    "c": 0.15087,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1879

secondary

#86AE3F

accent

#EA3EAC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1879

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

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