#3B2183#3B2183

#3B2183 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.153 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B2183
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 131)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 74.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.50, 37.92, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.50, 63.30, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.87% 0.0469 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(34.87% 0.153 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4430, 3.6559, 21.8345)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.28

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B2183 #698321

analogous

#213883 #3B2183 #6C2183

triadic

#3B2183 #833B21 #21833B

tetradic

#3B2183 #832138 #698321 #21836C

square

#3B2183 #832138 #698321 #21836C

split-complementary

#3B2183 #836C21 #388321

monochromatic

#0F0821 #251552 #3B2183 #512DB4 #704CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#3B2183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3B2183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B2183

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B2183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B2183	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b2183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.153 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fa8',
    500: '#3b2183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b2183;
$custom-light: #795fa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b2183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.918,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34866,
    "c": 0.15306,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B2183

secondary

#99B54B

accent

#E345B9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B2183

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

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