#3B197B#3B197B

#3B197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.152 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B197B
RGB	rgb(59, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.26, 39.70, -49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.26, 63.28, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(33.06% 0.0559 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(33.06% 0.152 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7254, 3.0549, 19.0230)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B197B #597B19

analogous

#19287B #3B197B #6C197B

triadic

#3B197B #7B3B19 #197B3B

tetradic

#3B197B #7B1928 #597B19 #197B6C

square

#3B197B #7B1928 #597B19 #197B6C

split-complementary

#3B197B #7B6C19 #287B19

monochromatic

#0C0519 #230F48 #3B197B #5323AE #6F38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.04

#3B197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#3B197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B197B

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B197B	1.00	13.04	1.61	13.04
#FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.152 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795aa2',
    500: '#3b197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b197b;
$custom-light: #795aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.816,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33055,
    "c": 0.15218,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B197B

secondary

#89AF40

accent

#E93FAE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B197B

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

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