#3B279E#3B279E

#3B279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.180 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B279E
RGB	rgb(59, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(250, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 43.00, -61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 74.77, 305.11°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.0356 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.18 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6988, 4.8488, 32.8186)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B279E #8A9E27

analogous

#274E9E #3B279E #76279E

triadic

#3B279E #9E3B27 #279E3B

tetradic

#3B279E #9E274E #8A9E27 #279E76

square

#3B279E #9E274E #8A9E27 #279E76

split-complementary

#3B279E #9E7627 #4E9E27

monochromatic

#160F3C #291B6D #3B279E #4F35CD #7966D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#3B279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#3B279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B279E

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B279E	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.180 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e64bc',
    500: '#3b279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b279e;
$custom-light: #7e64bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.084,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38355,
    "c": 0.17998,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B279E

secondary

#AFBF62

accent

#E444C9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B279E

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

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