#3B196C#3B196C

#3B196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.134 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B196C
RGB	rgb(59, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.83, 35.41, -41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.83, 54.90, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(31.61% 0.06 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(31.61% 0.134 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8573, 2.7077, 14.4512)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B196C #4A6C19

analogous

#19206C #3B196C #64196C

triadic

#3B196C #6C3B19 #196C3B

tetradic

#3B196C #6C1920 #4A6C19 #196C64

square

#3B196C #6C1920 #4A6C19 #196C64

split-complementary

#3B196C #6C6419 #206C19

monochromatic

#0E0619 #200D3A #3B196C #56259E #7130CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#3B196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3B196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B196C

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B196C	1.00	13.62	1.54	13.62
#FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.134 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765997',
    500: '#3b196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b196c;
$custom-light: #765997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.578,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31612,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B196C

secondary

#79A13F

accent

#E542A3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B196C

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

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