#3B279D#3B279D

#3B279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.179 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B279D
RGB	rgb(59, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, 42.69, -60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 74.22, 305.11°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.0359 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.179 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6130, 4.8145, 32.3672)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B279D #899D27

analogous

#274E9D #3B279D #76279D

triadic

#3B279D #9D3B27 #279D3B

tetradic

#3B279D #9D274E #899D27 #279D76

square

#3B279D #9D274E #899D27 #279D76

split-complementary

#3B279D #9D7627 #4E9D27

monochromatic

#160F3B #291B6C #3B279D #4E35CD #7966D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#3B279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#3B279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B279D

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B279D	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.179 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e64bb',
    500: '#3b279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b279d;
$custom-light: #7e64bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.169,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38254,
    "c": 0.17876,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B279D

secondary

#AFBF61

accent

#E344C8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B279D

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

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