#3B1979#3B1979

#3B1979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.150 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1979
RGB	rgb(59, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.07, 39.12, -48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.07, 62.18, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(32.86% 0.0565 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(32.86% 0.15 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6015, 3.0053, 18.3704)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1979 #577919

analogous

#192779 #3B1979 #6B1979

triadic

#3B1979 #793B19 #19793B

tetradic

#3B1979 #791927 #577919 #19796B

square

#3B1979 #791927 #577919 #19796B

split-complementary

#3B1979 #796B19 #277919

monochromatic

#0C0519 #220F46 #3B1979 #5423AC #6F37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.12

#3B1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#3B1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1979

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1979	1.00	13.12	1.60	13.12
#FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.150 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785aa1',
    500: '#3b1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1979;
$custom-light: #785aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.25,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32857,
    "c": 0.14981,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1979

secondary

#87AE40

accent

#E93FAD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1979

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

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