#3B255E#3B255E

#3B255E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.098 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B255E
RGB	rgb(59, 37, 94)
HSL	hsl(263, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 60.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.29, 24.27, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.29, 38.92, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(32.3% 0.0469 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(32.3% 0.098 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4851, 3.0610, 10.9420)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B255E #485E25

analogous

#252B5E #3B255E #57255E

triadic

#3B255E #5E3B25 #255E3B

tetradic

#3B255E #5E252B #485E25 #255E57

square

#3B255E #5E252B #485E25 #255E57

split-complementary

#3B255E #5E5725 #2B5E25

monochromatic

#0E0916 #1F1432 #3B255E #57368A #7248B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.03

#3B255E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#3B255E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B255E

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B255E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B255E	1.00	13.03	1.61	13.03
#FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13305D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33313D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b255e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 37, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.098 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74608c',
    500: '#3b255e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b255e;
$custom-light: #74608c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b255e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.158,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32304,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B255E

secondary

#77914D

accent

#D355A2

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08050C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B255E

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

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