#3E1357#3E1357

#3E1357 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.118 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E1357
RGB	rgb(62, 19, 87)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 78.2%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.40, 33.40, -32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.40, 46.25, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(29.41% 0.0757 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(29.41% 0.118 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9394, 2.1781, 9.2279)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E1357 #2C5713

analogous

#1C1357 #3E1357 #57134E

triadic

#3E1357 #573E13 #13573E

tetradic

#3E1357 #571C13 #2C5713 #134E57

square

#3E1357 #571C13 #2C5713 #134E57

split-complementary

#3E1357 #4E5713 #13571C

monochromatic

#120519 #1A0825 #3E1357 #621E89 #8629BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#3E1357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#3E1357 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E1357

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E1357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E1357	1.00	14.63	1.44	14.63
#FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#052956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e1357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 19, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.118 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765587',
    500: '#3e1357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e1357;
$custom-light: #765587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e1357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.941,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29412,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E1357

secondary

#578F36

accent

#E7417E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9EF

border

#C8C5CA

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E1357

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

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