#3B197C#3B197C

#3B197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.153 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B197C
RGB	rgb(59, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.36, 39.98, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.36, 63.83, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.16% 0.0556 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(33.16% 0.153 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7883, 3.0801, 19.3544)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B197C #5A7C19

analogous

#19297C #3B197C #6D197C

triadic

#3B197C #7C3B19 #197C3B

tetradic

#3B197C #7C1929 #5A7C19 #197C6D

square

#3B197C #7C1929 #5A7C19 #197C6D

split-complementary

#3B197C #7C6D19 #297C19

monochromatic

#0C0519 #230F49 #3B197C #5323AF #6F38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#3B197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#3B197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B197C

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B197C	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.153 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795aa3',
    500: '#3b197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b197c;
$custom-light: #795aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.606,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33155,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B197C

secondary

#8AB040

accent

#E93EAF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B197C

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

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