#3B2399#3B2399

#3B2399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.178 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B2399
RGB	rgb(59, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 43.57, -60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 74.29, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.32% 0.0397 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(37.32% 0.178 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1526, 4.4312, 30.5565)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B2399 #819923

analogous

#234699 #3B2399 #762399

triadic

#3B2399 #993B23 #23993B

tetradic

#3B2399 #992346 #819923 #239976

square

#3B2399 #992346 #819923 #239976

split-complementary

#3B2399 #997623 #469923

monochromatic

#150C35 #281867 #3B2399 #4E2ECB #765DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#3B2399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#3B2399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B2399

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B2399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B2399	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b2399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.178 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61b8',
    500: '#3b2399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b2399;
$custom-light: #7d61b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b2399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.203,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37322,
    "c": 0.17795,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B2399

secondary

#AABE59

accent

#E642C4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B2399

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

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