#3B279C#3B279C

#3B279C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.178 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B279C
RGB	rgb(59, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 42.38, -60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 73.68, 305.11°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% 0.0361 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.178 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5280, 4.7805, 31.9194)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B279C #889C27

analogous

#274E9C #3B279C #75279C

triadic

#3B279C #9C3B27 #279C3B

tetradic

#3B279C #9C274E #889C27 #279C75

square

#3B279C #9C274E #889C27 #279C75

split-complementary

#3B279C #9C7527 #4E9C27

monochromatic

#160F3A #281B6B #3B279C #4E34CC #7965D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#3B279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#3B279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B279C

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B279C	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.178 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d64ba',
    500: '#3b279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b279c;
$custom-light: #7d64ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.256,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38153,
    "c": 0.17752,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B279C

secondary

#AEBE61

accent

#E345C8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B279C

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

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