#3E159F#3E159F

#3E159F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.196 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E159F
RGB	rgb(62, 21, 159)
HSL	hsl(258, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(258, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 86.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 51.80, -65.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 83.71, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0503 -0.1895)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.196 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5109, 4.0631, 33.1299)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E159F #769F15

analogous

#15319F #3E159F #83159F

triadic

#3E159F #9F3E15 #159F3E

tetradic

#3E159F #9F1531 #769F15 #159F83

square

#3E159F #9F1531 #769F15 #159F83

split-complementary

#3E159F #9F8315 #319F15

monochromatic

#140733 #290E69 #3E159F #531CD5 #7748E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#3E159F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#3E159F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E159F

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E159F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E159F	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e159f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 21, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.196 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815bbd',
    500: '#3e159f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e159f;
$custom-light: #815bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e159f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.826,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36777,
    "c": 0.19609,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E159F

secondary

#A2C848

accent

#F335BB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E159F

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

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