#3E1561#3E1561

#3E1561 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.127 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E1561
RGB	rgb(62, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.57, 35.00, -36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.57, 50.77, 313.58°)
OKLab	oklab(30.51% 0.0715 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(30.51% 0.127 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4119, 2.4235, 11.5423)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E1561 #386115

analogous

#181561 #3E1561 #61155E

triadic

#3E1561 #613E15 #15613E

tetradic

#3E1561 #611815 #386115 #155E61

square

#3E1561 #611815 #386115 #155E61

split-complementary

#3E1561 #5E6115 #156118

monochromatic

#100519 #1E0A2F #3E1561 #5E2093 #7E2BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.14

#3E1561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#3E1561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E1561

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E1561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E1561	1.00	14.14	1.48	14.14
#FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e1561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.127 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77578f',
    500: '#3e1561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e1561;
$custom-light: #77578f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e1561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.368,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30507,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E1561

secondary

#65983A

accent

#E7408D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E1561

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

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