#3B255D#3B255D

#3B255D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.097 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B255D
RGB	rgb(59, 37, 93)
HSL	hsl(264, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 60.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.22, 23.98, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.22, 38.31, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(32.23% 0.0469 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(32.23% 0.097 299)
XYZ	xyz(4.4405, 3.0432, 10.7073)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B255D #475D25

analogous

#252B5D #3B255D #57255D

triadic

#3B255D #5D3B25 #255D3B

tetradic

#3B255D #5D252B #475D25 #255D57

square

#3B255D #5D252B #475D25 #255D57

split-complementary

#3B255D #5D5725 #2B5D25

monochromatic

#0E0916 #1F1431 #3B255D #573689 #7348B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.05

#3B255D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#3B255D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B255D

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B255D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B255D	1.00	13.05	1.61	13.05
#FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C315F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14305C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34303D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b255d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 37, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.097 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73608b',
    500: '#3b255d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b255d;
$custom-light: #73608b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b255d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 43.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32229,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.03043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B255D

secondary

#76904D

accent

#D355A1

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08050C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B255D

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

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