#3E15B4#3E15B4

#3E15B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.219 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E15B4
RGB	rgb(62, 21, 180)
HSL	hsl(255, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 88.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 57.44, -74.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 93.99, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.14% 0.0421 -0.2146)
OKLCH	oklch(39.14% 0.219 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4904, 4.8549, 43.5554)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E15B4 #8BB415

analogous

#153BB4 #3E15B4 #8E15B4

triadic

#3E15B4 #B43E15 #15B43E

tetradic

#3E15B4 #B4153B #8BB415 #15B48E

square

#3E15B4 #B4153B #8BB415 #15B48E

split-complementary

#3E15B4 #B48E15 #3BB415

monochromatic

#180846 #2B0F7D #3E15B4 #5421E5 #7E58EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#3E15B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#3E15B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E15B4

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E15B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E15B4	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e15b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 21, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.219 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855dcc',
    500: '#3e15b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e15b4;
$custom-light: #855dcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e15b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.472,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39143,
    "c": 0.21873,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E15B4

secondary

#B0CF56

accent

#F632C3

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E15B4

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

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