#3B198E#3B198E

#3B198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.174 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B198E
RGB	rgb(59, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(257, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 45.15, -58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 73.52, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.0496 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.174 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0323, 3.5777, 25.9059)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B198E #6C8E19

analogous

#19318E #3B198E #75198E

triadic

#3B198E #8E3B19 #198E3B

tetradic

#3B198E #8E1931 #6C8E19 #198E75

square

#3B198E #8E1931 #6C8E19 #198E75

split-complementary

#3B198E #8E7519 #318E19

monochromatic

#100726 #25105A #3B198E #5122C2 #7043DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#3B198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3B198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B198E

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B198E	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#113C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.174 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5bb0',
    500: '#3b198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b198e;
$custom-light: #7c5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.436,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35009,
    "c": 0.17434,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B198E

secondary

#9BBF44

accent

#ED3BB9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B198E

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

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