#3B208B#3B208B

#3B208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.164 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B208B
RGB	rgb(59, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(255, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(255, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 40.88, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 68.32, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.0457 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.164 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9789, 3.8265, 24.7919)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B208B #708B20

analogous

#203A8B #3B208B #70208B

triadic

#3B208B #8B3B20 #208B3B

tetradic

#3B208B #8B203A #708B20 #208B70

square

#3B208B #8B203A #708B20 #208B70

split-complementary

#3B208B #8B7020 #3A8B20

monochromatic

#110928 #261559 #3B208B #502BBD #714FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#3B208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#3B208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B208B

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B208B	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)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#153E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.164 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5fae',
    500: '#3b208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b208b;
$custom-light: #7b5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.14,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3552,
    "c": 0.16404,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B208B

secondary

#9EBA4D

accent

#E642BC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B208B

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

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