#3B2182#3B2182

#3B2182 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.152 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B2182
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 130)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 74.6%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 37.62, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 62.74, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.77% 0.0471 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(34.77% 0.152 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3756, 3.6289, 21.4793)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B2182 #688221

analogous

#213882 #3B2182 #6B2182

triadic

#3B2182 #823B21 #21823B

tetradic

#3B2182 #822138 #688221 #21826B

square

#3B2182 #822138 #688221 #21826B

split-complementary

#3B2182 #826B21 #388221

monochromatic

#0F0820 #251551 #3B2182 #512DB3 #704CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#3B2182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3B2182 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B2182

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B2182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B2182	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b2182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.152 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fa7',
    500: '#3b2182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b2182;
$custom-light: #795fa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b2182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.082,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3477,
    "c": 0.15181,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B2182

secondary

#98B44A

accent

#E345B8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B2182

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

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