#3B1C8B#3B1C8B

#3B1C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.168 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1C8B
RGB	rgb(59, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(257, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(257, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.39, 42.89, -55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.39, 70.45, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0486 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.168 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8777, 3.6240, 24.7582)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1C8B #6C8B1C

analogous

#1C348B #3B1C8B #731C8B

triadic

#3B1C8B #8B3B1C #1C8B3B

tetradic

#3B1C8B #8B1C34 #6C8B1C #1C8B73

square

#3B1C8B #8B1C34 #6C8B1C #1C8B73

split-complementary

#3B1C8B #8B731C #348B1C

monochromatic

#100725 #251258 #3B1C8B #5126BE #7047DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#3B1C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3B1C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1C8B

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1C8B	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#163C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.168 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5dae',
    500: '#3b1c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1c8b;
$custom-light: #7b5dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.757,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35028,
    "c": 0.16809,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1C8B

secondary

#9BBC47

accent

#E93EBA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1C8B

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

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