#3B2397#3B2397

#3B2397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.176 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B2397
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 151)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 76.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 42.96, -59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 73.21, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.0402 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.176 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9889, 4.3657, 29.6938)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B2397 #7F9723

analogous

#234597 #3B2397 #752397

triadic

#3B2397 #973B23 #23973B

tetradic

#3B2397 #972345 #7F9723 #239775

square

#3B2397 #972345 #7F9723 #239775

split-complementary

#3B2397 #977523 #459723

monochromatic

#140C34 #281765 #3B2397 #4E2FC9 #755BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#3B2397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#3B2397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B2397

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B2397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B2397	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b2397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.176 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61b7',
    500: '#3b2397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b2397;
$custom-light: #7d61b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b2397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37118,
    "c": 0.17553,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B2397

secondary

#A9BE58

accent

#E542C4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B2397

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

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