#3E0F59#3E0F59

#3E0F59 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.125 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E0F59
RGB	rgb(62, 15, 89)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(278, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 83.1%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.94, 35.68, -34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.94, 49.34, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(29.14% 0.0795 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(29.14% 0.125 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9602, 2.0871, 9.6435)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E0F59 #2A590F

analogous

#190F59 #3E0F59 #590F4F

triadic

#3E0F59 #593E0F #0F593E

tetradic

#3E0F59 #59190F #2A590F #0F4F59

square

#3E0F59 #59190F #2A590F #0F4F59

split-complementary

#3E0F59 #4F590F #0F5919

monochromatic

#12041A #1A0625 #3E0F59 #62188D #8721C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.82

#3E0F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#3E0F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E0F59

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E0F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E0F59	1.00	14.82	1.42	14.82
#FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e0f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 15, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.125 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775388',
    500: '#3e0f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e0f59;
$custom-light: #775388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e0f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29142,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E0F59

secondary

#559331

accent

#EE3A7C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE8F0

border

#C8C4CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E0F59

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

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