#3B259E#3B259E

#3B259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.182 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B259E
RGB	rgb(59, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(251, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.92, 44.06, -61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.92, 75.89, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(38.09% 0.037 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(38.09% 0.182 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6348, 4.7209, 32.7973)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B259E #889E25

analogous

#254B9E #3B259E #77259E

triadic

#3B259E #9E3B25 #259E3B

tetradic

#3B259E #9E254B #889E25 #259E77

square

#3B259E #9E254B #889E25 #259E77

split-complementary

#3B259E #9E7725 #4B9E25

monochromatic

#160E3B #28196C #3B259E #4E31CF #7963DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#3B259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#3B259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B259E

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B259E	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.182 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e63bc',
    500: '#3b259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b259e;
$custom-light: #7e63bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3809,
    "c": 0.18201,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B259E

secondary

#AEC05F

accent

#E543C8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B259E

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

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