#3E1257#3E1257

#3E1257 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.119 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E1257
RGB	rgb(62, 18, 87)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 79.3%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.23, 33.87, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.23, 46.78, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(29.3% 0.0768 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(29.3% 0.119 310)
XYZ	xyz(3.9229, 2.1449, 9.2223)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E1257 #2B5712

analogous

#1B1257 #3E1257 #57124D

triadic

#3E1257 #573E12 #12573E

tetradic

#3E1257 #571B12 #2B5712 #124D57

square

#3E1257 #571B12 #2B5712 #124D57

split-complementary

#3E1257 #4D5712 #12571B

monochromatic

#120519 #1A0824 #3E1257 #621C8A #8627BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.70

#3E1257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#3E1257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E1257

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E1257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E1257	1.00	14.70	1.43	14.70
#FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#042956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e1257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 18, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.119 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765587',
    500: '#3e1257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e1257;
$custom-light: #765587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e1257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29295,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.02145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E1257

secondary

#569035

accent

#E93F7D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9EF

border

#C8C5CA

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E1257

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

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