#3B268B#3B268B

#3B268B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.157 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B268B
RGB	rgb(59, 38, 139)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 37.60, -52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 64.83, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.35% 0.0407 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(36.35% 0.157 285)
XYZ	xyz(7.1555, 4.1797, 24.8508)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B268B #768B26

analogous

#26448B #3B268B #6D268B

triadic

#3B268B #8B3B26 #268B3B

tetradic

#3B268B #8B2644 #768B26 #268B6D

square

#3B268B #8B2644 #768B26 #268B6D

split-complementary

#3B268B #8B6D26 #448B26

monochromatic

#120C2B #27195B #3B268B #4F33BB #735AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#3B268B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3B268B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B268B

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B268B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B268B	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#154156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b268b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 38, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.157 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a62ae',
    500: '#3b268b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b268b;
$custom-light: #7a62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b268b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.475,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36346,
    "c": 0.15734,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.0418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B268B

secondary

#A3B756

accent

#E047C1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B268B

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

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