#3B197A#3B197A

#3B197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.151 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B197A
RGB	rgb(59, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.16, 39.41, -48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.16, 62.73, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(32.96% 0.0562 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(32.96% 0.151 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6631, 3.0300, 18.6950)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B197A #587A19

analogous

#19287A #3B197A #6C197A

triadic

#3B197A #7A3B19 #197A3B

tetradic

#3B197A #7A1928 #587A19 #197A6C

square

#3B197A #7A1928 #587A19 #197A6C

split-complementary

#3B197A #7A6C19 #287A19

monochromatic

#0C0519 #220F47 #3B197A #5423AD #6F37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.08

#3B197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#3B197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B197A

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B197A	1.00	13.08	1.61	13.08
#FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.151 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785aa1',
    500: '#3b197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b197a;
$custom-light: #785aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.031,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32956,
    "c": 0.151,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B197A

secondary

#88AF40

accent

#E93FAD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B197A

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

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