#3E156E#3E156E

#3E156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.142 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E156E
RGB	rgb(62, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.74, 38.45, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.74, 57.98, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(31.69% 0.0681 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(31.69% 0.142 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0685, 2.6862, 15.0003)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E156E #456E15

analogous

#15196E #3E156E #6A156E

triadic

#3E156E #6E3E15 #156E3E

tetradic

#3E156E #6E1519 #456E15 #156E6A

square

#3E156E #6E1519 #456E15 #156E6A

split-complementary

#3E156E #6E6A15 #196E15

monochromatic

#0E051A #210B3B #3E156E #5B1FA1 #7829D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#3E156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3E156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E156E

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E156E	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#322D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.142 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795898',
    500: '#3e156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e156e;
$custom-light: #795898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.64,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31694,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E156E

secondary

#74A43A

accent

#EB3D9B

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E156E

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

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