#3B259F#3B259F

#3B259F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.183 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B259F
RGB	rgb(59, 37, 159)
HSL	hsl(251, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 76.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.03, 44.37, -62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.03, 76.42, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.0367 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.183 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7212, 4.7555, 33.2525)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B259F #899F25

analogous

#254C9F #3B259F #78259F

triadic

#3B259F #9F3B25 #259F3B

tetradic

#3B259F #9F254C #899F25 #259F78

square

#3B259F #9F254C #899F25 #259F78

split-complementary

#3B259F #9F7825 #4C9F25

monochromatic

#160E3C #29196D #3B259F #4E32CF #7964DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#3B259F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#3B259F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B259F

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B259F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B259F	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b259f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 37, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.183 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e63bd',
    500: '#3b259f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b259f;
$custom-light: #7e63bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b259f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.82,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38193,
    "c": 0.18322,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B259F

secondary

#AFC05F

accent

#E542C8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B259F

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

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