#3B1CB4#3B1CB4

#3B1CB4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.215 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B1CB4
RGB	rgb(59, 28, 180)
HSL	hsl(252, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 84.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 54.70, -73.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 91.59, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% 0.035 -0.2121)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.215 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4545, 5.0547, 43.5959)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B1CB4 #95B41C

analogous

#1C49B4 #3B1CB4 #871CB4

triadic

#3B1CB4 #B43B1C #1CB43B

tetradic

#3B1CB4 #B41C49 #95B41C #1CB487

square

#3B1CB4 #B41C49 #95B41C #1CB487

split-complementary

#3B1CB4 #B4871C #49B41C

monochromatic

#180C4A #2A147F #3B1CB4 #532FDF #7E64E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#3B1CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#3B1CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B1CB4

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B1CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B1CB4	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b1cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 28, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.215 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fcc',
    500: '#3b1cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b1cb4;
$custom-light: #835fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b1cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.237,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39466,
    "c": 0.21496,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B1CB4

secondary

#B6CC60

accent

#F038CA

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0EAF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0514

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B1CB4

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

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