#3E1657#3E1657

#3E1657 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.114 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E1657
RGB	rgb(62, 22, 87)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 74.7%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.92, 31.92, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.92, 44.60, 315.70°)
OKLab	oklab(29.79% 0.0722 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(29.79% 0.114 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9935, 2.2861, 9.2459)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E1657 #2F5716

analogous

#1E1657 #3E1657 #571650

triadic

#3E1657 #573E16 #16573E

tetradic

#3E1657 #571E16 #2F5716 #165057

square

#3E1657 #571E16 #2F5716 #165057

split-complementary

#3E1657 #505716 #16571E

monochromatic

#110618 #1B0A26 #3E1657 #612288 #842FB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.41

#3E1657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#3E1657 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E1657

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E1657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E1657	1.00	14.41	1.46	14.41
#FFFFFF	14.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#092A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2434

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e1657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 22, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.114 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765787',
    500: '#3e1657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e1657;
$custom-light: #765787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e1657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29788,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E1657

secondary

#5B8E3A

accent

#E34582

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9EF

border

#C8C5CA

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E1657

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

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