#3B279A#3B279A

#3B279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.175 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B279A
RGB	rgb(59, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 41.75, -59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 72.58, 305.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.0366 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.175 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3601, 4.7134, 31.0348)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B279A #869A27

analogous

#274C9A #3B279A #74279A

triadic

#3B279A #9A3B27 #279A3B

tetradic

#3B279A #9A274C #869A27 #279A74

square

#3B279A #9A274C #869A27 #279A74

split-complementary

#3B279A #9A7427 #4C9A27

monochromatic

#160E38 #281B69 #3B279A #4E33CB #7864D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#3B279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#3B279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B279A

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B279A	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.175 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d64b9',
    500: '#3b279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b279a;
$custom-light: #7d64b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37953,
    "c": 0.17506,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B279A

secondary

#ADBD5F

accent

#E345C7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B279A

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

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