#3D178D#3D178D

#3D178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.175 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D178D
RGB	rgb(61, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.04, 45.97, -57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.04, 73.77, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0545 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.175 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0372, 3.5276, 25.5042)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D178D #678D17

analogous

#172C8D #3D178D #78178D

triadic

#3D178D #8D3D17 #178D3D

tetradic

#3D178D #8D172C #678D17 #178D78

square

#3D178D #8D172C #678D17 #178D78

split-complementary

#3D178D #8D7817 #2C8D17

monochromatic

#0F0624 #260E58 #3D178D #5420C2 #733FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#3D178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3D178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D178D

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D178D	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.175 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5aaf',
    500: '#3d178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d178d;
$custom-light: #7d5aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.322,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34906,
    "c": 0.17477,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D178D

secondary

#97C040

accent

#EF39B4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D178D

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

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