#3E16B4#3E16B4

#3E16B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.218 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E16B4
RGB	rgb(62, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(255, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 57.11, -74.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 93.65, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0418 -0.2141)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.218 281)
XYZ	xyz(10.5091, 4.8924, 43.5617)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E16B4 #8CB416

analogous

#163DB4 #3E16B4 #8D16B4

triadic

#3E16B4 #B43E16 #16B43E

tetradic

#3E16B4 #B4163D #8CB416 #16B48D

square

#3E16B4 #B4163D #8CB416 #16B48D

split-complementary

#3E16B4 #B48D16 #3DB416

monochromatic

#180947 #2B0F7D #3E16B4 #5423E4 #7E5AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#3E16B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#3E16B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E16B4

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E16B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E16B4	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e16b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.218 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855dcc',
    500: '#3e16b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e16b4;
$custom-light: #855dcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e16b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.19,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39216,
    "c": 0.21817,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.04893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E16B4

secondary

#B0CE58

accent

#F533C4

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E16B4

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

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