#3B2185#3B2185

#3B2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.156 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B2185
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 38.53, -51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 64.42, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.0464 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.156 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5799, 3.7106, 22.5553)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B2185 #6B8521

analogous

#213985 #3B2185 #6D2185

triadic

#3B2185 #853B21 #21853B

tetradic

#3B2185 #852139 #6B8521 #21856D

square

#3B2185 #852139 #6B8521 #21856D

split-complementary

#3B2185 #856D21 #398521

monochromatic

#0F0923 #251554 #3B2185 #512DB6 #704DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#3B2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#3B2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B2185

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B2185	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.156 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5fa9',
    500: '#3b2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b2185;
$custom-light: #7a5fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.6,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3506,
    "c": 0.15555,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B2185

secondary

#9AB64C

accent

#E344BA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B2185

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

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