#3E173B#3E173B

#3E173B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.081 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E173B
RGB	rgb(62, 23, 59)
HSL	hsl(305, 46%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(305, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 4.8%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.24, 24.80, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.24, 28.74, 329.65°)
OKLab	oklab(27.96% 0.0703 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(27.96% 0.081 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.0824, 1.9529, 4.3514)
Luminance	0.0195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E173B #173E1A

analogous

#2E173E #3E173B #3E1728

triadic

#3E173B #3B3E17 #173B3E

tetradic

#3E173B #3E2E17 #173E1A #17283E

square

#3E173B #3E2E17 #173E1A #17283E

split-complementary

#3E173B #283E17 #173E2E

monochromatic

#160815 #160815 #3E173B #6B2865 #973890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.10

#3E173B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#3E173B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E173B

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E173B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E173B	1.00	15.10	1.39	15.10
#FFFFFF	15.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15233C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21283A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#401B26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e173b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 23, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.081 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755671',
    500: '#3e173b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e173b;
$custom-light: #755671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e173b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27962,
    "c": 0.08074,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E173B

secondary

#3C7540

accent

#D65C52

background

#F7F5F6

surface

#EDE9EC

border

#C8C5C7

text

#080307

muted

#7B787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E173B

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

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