#3D178E#3D178E

#3D178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.176 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D178E
RGB	rgb(61, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 46.25, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 74.29, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.0541 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.176 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1119, 3.5575, 25.8979)
Luminance	0.0356 (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

#3D178E #688E17

analogous

#172C8E #3D178E #79178E

triadic

#3D178E #8E3D17 #178E3D

tetradic

#3D178E #8E172C #688E17 #178E79

square

#3D178E #8E172C #688E17 #178E79

split-complementary

#3D178E #8E7917 #2C8E17

monochromatic

#100625 #260E59 #3D178E #5420C3 #733FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#3D178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3D178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D178E

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D178E	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#193B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.176 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5bb0',
    500: '#3d178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d178e;
$custom-light: #7d5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.16,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35011,
    "c": 0.17589,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D178E

secondary

#97C040

accent

#EF39B5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D178E

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

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