#3D2172#3D2172

#3D2172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.131 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D2172
RGB	rgb(61, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.19, 33.16, -42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.19, 53.51, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(33.51% 0.0535 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(33.51% 0.131 294)
XYZ	xyz(5.5048, 3.2946, 16.2622)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3D2172 #567221

analogous

#212E72 #3D2172 #662172

triadic

#3D2172 #723D21 #21723D

tetradic

#3D2172 #72212E #567221 #217266

square

#3D2172 #72212E #567221 #217266

split-complementary

#3D2172 #726621 #2E7221

monochromatic

#0D0718 #241343 #3D2172 #562FA1 #7244C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#3D2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#3D2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D2172

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D2172	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.131 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785e9b',
    500: '#3d2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d2172;
$custom-light: #785e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.741,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33509,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.03295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D2172

secondary

#86A549

accent

#DE49AB

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D2172

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

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