#3B277D#3B277D

#3B277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.138 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B277D
RGB	rgb(59, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(254, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(254, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 32.60, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 56.17, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.0422 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.138 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2297, 3.8612, 19.8151)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B277D #697D27

analogous

#273E7D #3B277D #66277D

triadic

#3B277D #7D3B27 #277D3B

tetradic

#3B277D #7D273E #697D27 #277D66

square

#3B277D #7D273E #697D27 #277D66

split-complementary

#3B277D #7D6627 #3E7D27

monochromatic

#0F0A20 #25184E #3B277D #5136AC #7055CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#3B277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#3B277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B277D

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B277D	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#233C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.138 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7862a3',
    500: '#3b277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b277d;
$custom-light: #7862a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.953,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35204,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B277D

secondary

#99AF51

accent

#DC4CBA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B277D

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

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