#3B209B#3B209B

#3B209B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.183 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B209B
RGB	rgb(59, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(253, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.73, 45.68, -61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.73, 76.95, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% 0.0411 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.183 283)
XYZ	xyz(8.2347, 4.3288, 31.4056)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B209B #809B20

analogous

#20439B #3B209B #79209B

triadic

#3B209B #9B3B20 #209B3B

tetradic

#3B209B #9B2043 #809B20 #209B79

square

#3B209B #9B2043 #809B20 #209B79

split-complementary

#3B209B #9B7920 #439B20

monochromatic

#140B36 #281668 #3B209B #4E2ACE #7659DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#3B209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#3B209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B209B

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B209B	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.183 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e60ba',
    500: '#3b209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b209b;
$custom-light: #7e60ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37161,
    "c": 0.18321,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.04329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B209B

secondary

#A9C156

accent

#E93FC3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B209B

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

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