#3B217B#3B217B

#3B217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.143 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B217B
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.75, 35.49, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.75, 58.77, 307.15°)
OKLab	oklab(34.11% 0.0487 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(34.11% 0.143 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9216, 3.4473, 19.0884)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B217B #617B21

analogous

#21347B #3B217B #68217B

triadic

#3B217B #7B3B21 #217B3B

tetradic

#3B217B #7B2134 #617B21 #217B68

square

#3B217B #7B2134 #617B21 #217B68

split-complementary

#3B217B #7B6821 #347B21

monochromatic

#0D071A #24144B #3B217B #522EAB #6F48CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#3B217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#3B217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B217B

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B217B	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.143 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785fa2',
    500: '#3b217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b217b;
$custom-light: #785fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.333,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34107,
    "c": 0.14298,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B217B

secondary

#91AE4A

accent

#E147B4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B217B

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

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