#3B249B#3B249B

#3B249B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.179 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B249B
RGB	rgb(59, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.43, 43.67, -60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.43, 74.82, 305.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.66% 0.0385 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(37.66% 0.179 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3491, 4.5575, 31.4437)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B249B #849B24

analogous

#24489B #3B249B #77249B

triadic

#3B249B #9B3B24 #249B3B

tetradic

#3B249B #9B2448 #849B24 #249B77

square

#3B249B #9B2448 #849B24 #249B77

split-complementary

#3B249B #9B7724 #489B24

monochromatic

#150D38 #281869 #3B249B #4E30CD #775FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#3B249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#3B249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B249B

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B249B	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.179 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d62ba',
    500: '#3b249b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b249b;
$custom-light: #7d62ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.597,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37655,
    "c": 0.17937,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B249B

secondary

#ACBF5C

accent

#E542C6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B249B

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

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