#3B286E#3B286E

#3B286E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.116 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B286E
RGB	rgb(59, 40, 110)
HSL	hsl(256, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(256, 64%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 63.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 27.25, -37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 46.58, 305.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% 0.0426 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.116 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3761, 3.5730, 15.1552)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B286E #5B6E28

analogous

#28386E #3B286E #5E286E

triadic

#3B286E #6E3B28 #286E3B

tetradic

#3B286E #6E2838 #5B6E28 #286E5E

square

#3B286E #6E2838 #5B6E28 #286E5E

split-complementary

#3B286E #6E5E28 #386E28

monochromatic

#0C0816 #231841 #3B286E #53389B #6F51C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#3B286E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3B286E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B286E

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B286E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B286E	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C3847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b286e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 40, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.116 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756398',
    500: '#3b286e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b286e;
$custom-light: #756398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b286e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.286,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3409,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B286E

secondary

#8BA051

accent

#D651B2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDEAF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B286E

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

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