#3B258B#3B258B

#3B258B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.159 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B258B
RGB	rgb(59, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 38.17, -53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 65.44, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.0416 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.159 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1240, 4.1166, 24.8403)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B258B #758B25

analogous

#25428B #3B258B #6E258B

triadic

#3B258B #8B3B25 #258B3B

tetradic

#3B258B #8B2542 #758B25 #258B6E

square

#3B258B #8B2542 #758B25 #258B6E

split-complementary

#3B258B #8B6E25 #428B25

monochromatic

#120B2A #26185B #3B258B #5032BB #7258D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#3B258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3B258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B258B

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B258B	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#154055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.159 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a62ae',
    500: '#3b258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b258b;
$custom-light: #7a62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.941,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36201,
    "c": 0.15851,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B258B

secondary

#A2B755

accent

#E147C0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B258B

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

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