#3B2198#3B2198

#3B2198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.179 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B2198
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 152)
HSL	hsl(253, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 44.29, -60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 74.83, 306.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.0413 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.179 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0132, 4.2840, 30.1043)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B2198 #7E9821

analogous

#214398 #3B2198 #772198

triadic

#3B2198 #983B21 #21983B

tetradic

#3B2198 #982143 #7E9821 #219877

square

#3B2198 #982143 #7E9821 #219877

split-complementary

#3B2198 #987721 #439821

monochromatic

#140B33 #271666 #3B2198 #4F2CCA #7559DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#3B2198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#3B2198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B2198

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B2198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B2198	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b2198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.179 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60b7',
    500: '#3b2198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b2198;
$custom-light: #7d60b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b2198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.109,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36969,
    "c": 0.17871,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B2198

secondary

#A8BF56

accent

#E740C3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B2198

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

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