#3B259B#3B259B

#3B259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.178 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B259B
RGB	rgb(59, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.62, 43.14, -60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.62, 74.27, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.0378 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.178 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3797, 4.6189, 31.4540)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B259B #859B25

analogous

#254A9B #3B259B #76259B

triadic

#3B259B #9B3B25 #259B3B

tetradic

#3B259B #9B254A #859B25 #259B76

square

#3B259B #9B254A #859B25 #259B76

split-complementary

#3B259B #9B7625 #4A9B25

monochromatic

#150D38 #28196A #3B259B #4E31CC #7861D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#3B259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#3B259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B259B

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B259B	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.178 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d63ba',
    500: '#3b259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b259b;
$custom-light: #7d63ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37785,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B259B

secondary

#ACBF5D

accent

#E543C6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B259B

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

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