#3B1CA5#3B1CA5

#3B1CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.198 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1CA5
RGB	rgb(59, 28, 165)
HSL	hsl(254, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 83%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 50.44, -67.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 84.07, 306.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0401 -0.194)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.198 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0083, 4.4762, 35.9793)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1CA5 #86A51C

analogous

#1C41A5 #3B1CA5 #801CA5

triadic

#3B1CA5 #A53B1C #1CA53B

tetradic

#3B1CA5 #A51C41 #86A51C #1CA580

square

#3B1CA5 #A51C41 #86A51C #1CA580

split-complementary

#3B1CA5 #A5801C #41A51C

monochromatic

#160A3C #281371 #3B1CA5 #4E25D9 #7859E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#3B1CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#3B1CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1CA5

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1CA5	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0037A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 28, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.198 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ec1',
    500: '#3b1ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1ca5;
$custom-light: #805ec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.577,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37799,
    "c": 0.19814,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1CA5

secondary

#ADC656

accent

#EE3AC5

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F8

border

#CBC5D1

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1CA5

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

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