#3B1978#3B1978

#3B1978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.149 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1978
RGB	rgb(59, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.97, 38.84, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.97, 61.63, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(32.76% 0.0568 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(32.76% 0.149 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5405, 2.9809, 18.0491)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1978 #567819

analogous

#192678 #3B1978 #6A1978

triadic

#3B1978 #783B19 #19783B

tetradic

#3B1978 #781926 #567819 #19786A

square

#3B1978 #781926 #567819 #19786A

split-complementary

#3B1978 #786A19 #267819

monochromatic

#0C0519 #220E45 #3B1978 #5424AB #6F36D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.16

#3B1978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#3B1978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1978

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1978	1.00	13.16	1.60	13.16
#FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.149 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785aa0',
    500: '#3b1978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1978;
$custom-light: #785aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.474,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32759,
    "c": 0.14862,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1978

secondary

#86AD40

accent

#E83FAC

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1978

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

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