#3B217C#3B217C

#3B217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.144 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B217C
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 35.79, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 59.34, 307.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.2% 0.0484 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(34.2% 0.144 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9845, 3.4725, 19.4198)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B217C #627C21

analogous

#21347C #3B217C #68217C

triadic

#3B217C #7C3B21 #217C3B

tetradic

#3B217C #7C2134 #627C21 #217C68

square

#3B217C #7C2134 #627C21 #217C68

split-complementary

#3B217C #7C6821 #347C21

monochromatic

#0D071B #24144C #3B217C #522EAC #6F49CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#3B217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#3B217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B217C

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B217C	1.00	12.39	1.69	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.144 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785fa3',
    500: '#3b217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b217c;
$custom-light: #785fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.342,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B217C

secondary

#92AF4A

accent

#E147B5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B217C

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

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