#3E0D59#3E0D59

#3E0D59 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.127 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E0D59
RGB	rgb(62, 13, 89)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(279, 85%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 85.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.66, 36.48, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.66, 50.23, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(28.95% 0.0814 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(28.95% 0.127 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.9333, 2.0333, 9.6345)
Luminance	0.0203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E0D59 #28590D

analogous

#180D59 #3E0D59 #590D4E

triadic

#3E0D59 #593E0D #0D593E

tetradic

#3E0D59 #59180D #28590D #0D4E59

square

#3E0D59 #59180D #28590D #0D4E59

split-complementary

#3E0D59 #4E590D #0D5918

monochromatic

#13041B #190524 #3E0D59 #63158E #881DC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.93

#3E0D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#3E0D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E0D59

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E0D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E0D59	1.00	14.93	1.41	14.93
#FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00255B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e0d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 13, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.127 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775388',
    500: '#3e0d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e0d59;
$custom-light: #775388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e0d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.684,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28948,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E0D59

secondary

#52932E

accent

#F13779

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EDE7F0

border

#C8C3CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E0D59

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

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