#3B288D#3B288D

#3B288D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.158 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B288D
RGB	rgb(59, 40, 141)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.86, 37.08, -53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.86, 64.75, 304.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0386 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.158 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3687, 4.3700, 25.6494)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B288D #7A8D28

analogous

#28478D #3B288D #6D288D

triadic

#3B288D #8D3B28 #288D3B

tetradic

#3B288D #8D2847 #7A8D28 #288D6D

square

#3B288D #8D2847 #7A8D28 #288D6D

split-complementary

#3B288D #8D6D28 #478D28

monochromatic

#130D2E #271A5D #3B288D #4F36BD #745ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#3B288D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#3B288D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B288D

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B288D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B288D	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#114357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b288d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 40, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.158 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a64af',
    500: '#3b288d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b288d;
$custom-light: #7a64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b288d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.287,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36833,
    "c": 0.15753,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B288D

secondary

#A5B75A

accent

#DF49C3

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B288D

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

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