#3B216D#3B216D

#3B216D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.125 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B216D
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 109)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.52, 31.24, -39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.52, 50.64, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(32.85% 0.0511 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(32.85% 0.125 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1071, 3.1215, 14.7985)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 5.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B216D #536D21

analogous

#212D6D #3B216D #61216D

triadic

#3B216D #6D3B21 #216D3B

tetradic

#3B216D #6D212D #536D21 #216D61

square

#3B216D #6D212D #536D21 #216D61

split-complementary

#3B216D #6D6121 #2D6D21

monochromatic

#0D0717 #22133E #3B216D #542F9C #6F42C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.93

#3B216D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#3B216D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B216D

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B216D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B216D	1.00	12.93	1.62	12.93
#FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00306B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b216d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.125 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765e97',
    500: '#3b216d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b216d;
$custom-light: #765e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b216d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 53.521,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32845,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B216D

secondary

#83A149

accent

#DD4BAB

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B216D

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

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