#3E0E59#3E0E59

#3E0E59 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.126 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E0E59
RGB	rgb(62, 14, 89)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(278, 84%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 84.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.80, 36.08, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.80, 49.79, 316.44°)
OKLab	oklab(29.04% 0.0805 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(29.04% 0.126 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.9465, 2.0596, 9.6389)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E0E59 #29590E

analogous

#180E59 #3E0E59 #590E4E

triadic

#3E0E59 #593E0E #0E593E

tetradic

#3E0E59 #59180E #29590E #0E4E59

square

#3E0E59 #59180E #29590E #0E4E59

split-complementary

#3E0E59 #4E590E #0E5918

monochromatic

#12041A #190624 #3E0E59 #63168E #881FC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.87

#3E0E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#3E0E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E0E59

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E0E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E0E59	1.00	14.87	1.41	14.87
#FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00255B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2133

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e0e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 14, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.126 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775388',
    500: '#3e0e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e0e59;
$custom-light: #775388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e0e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29043,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E0E59

secondary

#539330

accent

#F0387A

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EDE8F0

border

#C8C4CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E0E59

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

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