#3B217A#3B217A

#3B217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.142 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B217A
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 35.18, -46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 58.20, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(34.01% 0.0489 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(34.01% 0.142 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8593, 3.4224, 18.7604)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B217A #607A21

analogous

#21347A #3B217A #67217A

triadic

#3B217A #7A3B21 #217A3B

tetradic

#3B217A #7A2134 #607A21 #217A67

square

#3B217A #7A2134 #607A21 #217A67

split-complementary

#3B217A #7A6721 #347A21

monochromatic

#0C071A #24144A #3B217A #522EAA #6F48CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#3B217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#3B217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B217A

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B217A	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.142 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785fa1',
    500: '#3b217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b217a;
$custom-light: #785fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.528,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34014,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B217A

secondary

#90AD4A

accent

#E147B4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B217A

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

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