#3E1156#3E1156

#3E1156 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.120 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E1156
RGB	rgb(62, 17, 86)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 80.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.99, 34.08, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.99, 46.73, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(29.1% 0.0781 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(29.1% 0.12 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8664, 2.0970, 9.0034)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E1156 #295611

analogous

#1B1156 #3E1156 #56114C

triadic

#3E1156 #563E11 #11563E

tetradic

#3E1156 #561B11 #295611 #114C56

square

#3E1156 #561B11 #295611 #114C56

split-complementary

#3E1156 #4C5611 #11561B

monochromatic

#12051A #190723 #3E1156 #631B89 #8825BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.79

#3E1156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#3E1156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E1156

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E1156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E1156	1.00	14.79	1.42	14.79
#FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#042855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2132

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e1156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 17, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.120 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765486',
    500: '#3e1156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e1156;
$custom-light: #765486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e1156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29098,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E1156

secondary

#538F34

accent

#EA3E7A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9EF

border

#C8C5CA

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E1156

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

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