#3B197D#3B197D

#3B197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.155 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B197D
RGB	rgb(59, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(260, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.46, 40.27, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.46, 64.38, 308.72°)
OKLab	oklab(33.26% 0.0553 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(33.26% 0.155 291)
XYZ	xyz(5.8519, 3.1055, 19.6891)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B197D #5B7D19

analogous

#19297D #3B197D #6D197D

triadic

#3B197D #7D3B19 #197D3B

tetradic

#3B197D #7D1929 #5B7D19 #197D6D

square

#3B197D #7D1929 #5B7D19 #197D6D

split-complementary

#3B197D #7D6D19 #297D19

monochromatic

#0C051A #230F4A #3B197D #5323B0 #6F39D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#3B197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#3B197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B197D

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B197D	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.155 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795aa4',
    500: '#3b197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b197d;
$custom-light: #795aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.4,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33255,
    "c": 0.15455,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.03106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B197D

secondary

#8BB140

accent

#EA3EAF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B197D

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

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