#3E169E#3E169E

#3E169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.194 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E169E
RGB	rgb(62, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(258, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.89, 51.16, -65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.89, 82.83, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0503 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.194 285)
XYZ	xyz(8.4432, 4.0660, 32.6810)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E169E #769E16

analogous

#16329E #3E169E #82169E

triadic

#3E169E #9E3E16 #169E3E

tetradic

#3E169E #9E1632 #769E16 #169E82

square

#3E169E #9E1632 #769E16 #169E82

split-complementary

#3E169E #9E8216 #329E16

monochromatic

#140733 #290F68 #3E169E #531DD4 #7749E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#3E169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#3E169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E169E

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E169E	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)

#003CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.194 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805bbc',
    500: '#3e169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e169e;
$custom-light: #805bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3675,
    "c": 0.19432,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.04067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E169E

secondary

#A2C749

accent

#F236BB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E169E

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

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