#3B218E#3B218E

#3B218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.167 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B218E
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(254, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 41.27, -55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 69.41, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0441 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.167 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2285, 3.9701, 25.9713)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B218E #748E21

analogous

#213E8E #3B218E #72218E

triadic

#3B218E #8E3B21 #218E3B

tetradic

#3B218E #8E213E #748E21 #218E72

square

#3B218E #8E213E #748E21 #218E72

split-complementary

#3B218E #8E7221 #3E8E21

monochromatic

#120A2B #26155C #3B218E #502DC0 #7252D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#3B218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#3B218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B218E

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B218E	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#104056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.167 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b60b0',
    500: '#3b218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b218e;
$custom-light: #7b60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.312,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3595,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B218E

secondary

#A1BA50

accent

#E542BE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B218E

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

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