#3B1996#3B1996

#3B1996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.183 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1996
RGB	rgb(59, 25, 150)
HSL	hsl(256, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 47.43, -61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 77.71, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.0468 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.183 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6546, 3.8266, 29.1835)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1996 #749619

analogous

#193696 #3B1996 #7A1996

triadic

#3B1996 #963B19 #19963B

tetradic

#3B1996 #961936 #749619 #19967A

square

#3B1996 #961936 #749619 #19967A

split-complementary

#3B1996 #967A19 #369619

monochromatic

#12082D #261062 #3B1996 #5022CA #7249E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#3B1996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#3B1996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1996

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1996	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 25, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.183 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5cb6',
    500: '#3b1996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1996;
$custom-light: #7d5cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.32,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35865,
    "c": 0.18348,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1996

secondary

#A1C249

accent

#EE3ABD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1996

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

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