#3B2897#3B2897

#3B2897 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.170 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B2897
RGB	rgb(59, 40, 151)
HSL	hsl(250, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(250, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 73.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 40.25, -57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 70.35, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0365 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.17 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1466, 4.6812, 29.7464)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B2897 #849728

analogous

#284D97 #3B2897 #722897

triadic

#3B2897 #973B28 #28973B

tetradic

#3B2897 #97284D #849728 #289772

square

#3B2897 #97284D #849728 #289772

split-complementary

#3B2897 #977228 #4D9728

monochromatic

#150E36 #281B67 #3B2897 #4E35C7 #7764D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#3B2897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#3B2897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B2897

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B2897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B2897	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b2897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 40, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.170 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c64b7',
    500: '#3b2897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b2897;
$custom-light: #7c64b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b2897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.27,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37797,
    "c": 0.17024,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B2897

secondary

#ACBC5F

accent

#E146C7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B2897

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

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