#3E156D#3E156D

#3E156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.140 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E156D
RGB	rgb(62, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.65, 38.19, -42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.65, 57.43, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(31.6% 0.0684 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(31.6% 0.14 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0144, 2.6645, 14.7152)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E156D #446D15

analogous

#15186D #3E156D #6A156D

triadic

#3E156D #6D3E15 #156D3E

tetradic

#3E156D #6D1518 #446D15 #156D6A

square

#3E156D #6D1518 #446D15 #156D6A

split-complementary

#3E156D #6D6A15 #186D15

monochromatic

#0F051A #210B3A #3E156D #5B1FA0 #7829D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.70

#3E156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#3E156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E156D

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E156D	1.00	13.70	1.53	13.70
#FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#332D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.140 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795898',
    500: '#3e156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e156d;
$custom-light: #795898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.955,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.316,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E156D

secondary

#72A33A

accent

#EB3D9A

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E156D

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

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