#3B259A#3B259A

#3B259A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.177 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B259A
RGB	rgb(59, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 42.83, -60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 73.72, 305.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.68% 0.038 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(37.68% 0.177 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2961, 4.5855, 31.0135)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B259A #849A25

analogous

#25499A #3B259A #76259A

triadic

#3B259A #9A3B25 #259A3B

tetradic

#3B259A #9A2549 #849A25 #259A76

square

#3B259A #9A2549 #849A25 #259A76

split-complementary

#3B259A #9A7625 #499A25

monochromatic

#150D37 #281969 #3B259A #4E31CB #7760D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#3B259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#3B259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B259A

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B259A	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.177 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d62b9',
    500: '#3b259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b259a;
$custom-light: #7d62b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.282,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37684,
    "c": 0.17715,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B259A

secondary

#ACBE5D

accent

#E443C6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B259A

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

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