#3B217E#3B217E

#3B217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.147 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B217E
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 36.40, -48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 60.48, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.048 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.147 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1123, 3.5236, 20.0927)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B217E #647E21

analogous

#21357E #3B217E #69217E

triadic

#3B217E #7E3B21 #217E3B

tetradic

#3B217E #7E2135 #647E21 #217E69

square

#3B217E #7E2135 #647E21 #217E69

split-complementary

#3B217E #7E6921 #357E21

monochromatic

#0E081D #24144E #3B217E #522EAE #6F4AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#3B217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#3B217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B217E

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B217E	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.147 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785fa4',
    500: '#3b217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b217e;
$custom-light: #785fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.774,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34389,
    "c": 0.14678,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B217E

secondary

#94B14A

accent

#E246B6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B217E

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

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