#3B2172#3B2172

#3B2172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.131 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B2172
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.95, 32.75, -42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.95, 53.57, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(33.28% 0.0504 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(33.28% 0.131 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3839, 3.2323, 16.2565)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B2172 #587221

analogous

#213072 #3B2172 #642172

triadic

#3B2172 #723B21 #21723B

tetradic

#3B2172 #722130 #587221 #217264

square

#3B2172 #722130 #587221 #217264

split-complementary

#3B2172 #726421 #307221

monochromatic

#0C0718 #221343 #3B2172 #542FA1 #6F44C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.76

#3B2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#3B2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B2172

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B2172	1.00	12.76	1.65	12.76
#FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B3546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.131 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765e9b',
    500: '#3b2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b2172;
$custom-light: #765e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.259,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33285,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B2172

secondary

#88A549

accent

#DE49AF

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B2172

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

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