#3B2197#3B2197

#3B2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.178 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B2197
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(253, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 43.99, -59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 74.29, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.0416 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.178 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9317, 4.2514, 29.6748)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B2197 #7D9721

analogous

#214297 #3B2197 #762197

triadic

#3B2197 #973B21 #21973B

tetradic

#3B2197 #972142 #7D9721 #219776

square

#3B2197 #972142 #7D9721 #219776

split-complementary

#3B2197 #977621 #429721

monochromatic

#140B33 #271665 #3B2197 #4F2CC9 #7558DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#3B2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#3B2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B2197

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B2197	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.178 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60b7',
    500: '#3b2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b2197;
$custom-light: #7d60b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.22,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36866,
    "c": 0.17751,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B2197

secondary

#A7BE55

accent

#E741C2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B2197

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

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