#3B2178#3B2178

#3B2178 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.139 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B2178
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 120)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 72.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.48, 34.57, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.48, 57.05, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(33.83% 0.0493 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(33.83% 0.139 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7367, 3.3734, 18.1145)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B2178 #5E7821

analogous

#213278 #3B2178 #672178

triadic

#3B2178 #783B21 #21783B

tetradic

#3B2178 #782132 #5E7821 #217867

square

#3B2178 #782132 #5E7821 #217867

split-complementary

#3B2178 #786721 #327821

monochromatic

#0C0718 #231448 #3B2178 #532EA8 #6F47CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#3B2178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#3B2178 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B2178

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B2178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B2178	1.00	12.54	1.67	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b2178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.139 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775ea0',
    500: '#3b2178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b2178;
$custom-light: #775ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b2178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.931,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33829,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B2178

secondary

#8EAB4A

accent

#E048B3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B2178

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

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