#3E156C#3E156C

#3E156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.139 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E156C
RGB	rgb(62, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.55, 37.92, -42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.55, 56.88, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(31.51% 0.0687 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(31.51% 0.139 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.9609, 2.6431, 14.4333)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E156C #436C15

analogous

#15176C #3E156C #69156C

triadic

#3E156C #6C3E15 #156C3E

tetradic

#3E156C #6C1517 #436C15 #156C69

square

#3E156C #6C1517 #436C15 #156C69

split-complementary

#3E156C #6C6915 #176C15

monochromatic

#0F051A #210B39 #3E156C #5B1F9F #7929D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#3E156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#3E156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E156C

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E156C	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#332C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.139 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795797',
    500: '#3e156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e156c;
$custom-light: #795797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.276,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31506,
    "c": 0.13934,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E156C

secondary

#71A33A

accent

#EA3D99

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E156C

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

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