#3E168D#3E168D

#3E168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.176 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E168D
RGB	rgb(62, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(260, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.02, 46.50, -57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.02, 74.13, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.0568 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.176 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0798, 3.5207, 25.5006)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E168D #658D16

analogous

#162A8D #3E168D #7A168D

triadic

#3E168D #8D3E16 #168D3E

tetradic

#3E168D #8D162A #658D16 #168D7A

square

#3E168D #8D162A #658D16 #168D7A

split-complementary

#3E168D #8D7A16 #2A8D16

monochromatic

#0F0523 #270E58 #3E168D #551EC2 #743DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#3E168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#3E168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E168D

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E168D	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.176 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5aaf',
    500: '#3e168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e168d;
$custom-light: #7d5aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.168,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34915,
    "c": 0.17555,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E168D

secondary

#95C13E

accent

#F038B2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E168D

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

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