#3B258E#3B258E

#3B258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.162 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B258E
RGB	rgb(59, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.34, 39.11, -54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.34, 67.12, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(36.49% 0.0409 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(36.49% 0.162 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3462, 4.2055, 26.0106)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B258E #788E25

analogous

#25448E #3B258E #6F258E

triadic

#3B258E #8E3B25 #258E3B

tetradic

#3B258E #8E2544 #788E25 #258E6F

square

#3B258E #8E2544 #788E25 #258E6F

split-complementary

#3B258E #8E6F25 #448E25

monochromatic

#130C2D #27185D #3B258E #4F32BF #735AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#3B258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3B258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B258E

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B258E	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#104257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.162 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b62b0',
    500: '#3b258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b258e;
$custom-light: #7b62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.571,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36492,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B258E

secondary

#A4B956

accent

#E246C1

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEEAF6

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B258E

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

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