#3B2398#3B2398

#3B2398 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.177 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B2398
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 152)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 77%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 43.27, -59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 73.75, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.22% 0.0399 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(37.22% 0.177 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0704, 4.3983, 30.1234)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B2398 #809823

analogous

#234598 #3B2398 #762398

triadic

#3B2398 #983B23 #23983B

tetradic

#3B2398 #982345 #809823 #239876

square

#3B2398 #982345 #809823 #239876

split-complementary

#3B2398 #987623 #459823

monochromatic

#140C35 #281866 #3B2398 #4E2ECA #765CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#3B2398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#3B2398 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B2398

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B2398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B2398	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b2398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.177 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61b7',
    500: '#3b2398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b2398;
$custom-light: #7d61b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b2398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.308,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3722,
    "c": 0.17674,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B2398

secondary

#A9BE59

accent

#E642C4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B2398

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

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