#3E1572#3E1572

#3E1572 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.146 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E1572
RGB	rgb(62, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 81.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.12, 39.53, -45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.12, 60.18, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(32.08% 0.0669 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(32.08% 0.146 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2912, 2.7753, 16.1732)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E1572 #497215

analogous

#151A72 #3E1572 #6D1572

triadic

#3E1572 #723E15 #15723E

tetradic

#3E1572 #72151A #497215 #15726D

square

#3E1572 #72151A #497215 #15726D

split-complementary

#3E1572 #726D15 #1A7215

monochromatic

#0E051A #220B3E #3E1572 #5A1FA6 #762AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.50

#3E1572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#3E1572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E1572

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E1572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E1572	1.00	13.50	1.56	13.50
#FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e1572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.146 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79589b',
    500: '#3e1572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e1572;
$custom-light: #79589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e1572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.452,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32076,
    "c": 0.14614,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E1572

secondary

#78A83B

accent

#EC3C9E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E1572

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

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