#3B2199#3B2199

#3B2199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.180 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B2199
RGB	rgb(59, 33, 153)
HSL	hsl(253, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 78.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.69, 44.59, -60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.69, 75.36, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.07% 0.041 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(37.07% 0.18 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0955, 4.3169, 30.5375)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B2199 #7F9921

analogous

#214399 #3B2199 #772199

triadic

#3B2199 #993B21 #21993B

tetradic

#3B2199 #992143 #7F9921 #219977

square

#3B2199 #992143 #7F9921 #219977

split-complementary

#3B2199 #997721 #439921

monochromatic

#140B34 #281667 #3B2199 #4E2CCB #7559DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#3B2199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#3B2199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B2199

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B2199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B2199	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b2199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 33, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.180 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60b8',
    500: '#3b2199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b2199;
$custom-light: #7d60b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b2199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37073,
    "c": 0.17991,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B2199

secondary

#A9BF56

accent

#E840C3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B2199

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

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