#3E175E#3E175E

#3E175E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.121 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E175E
RGB	rgb(62, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.67, 33.22, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.67, 47.98, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(30.5% 0.0699 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(30.5% 0.121 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.3129, 2.4451, 10.8322)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E175E #375E17

analogous

#1A175E #3E175E #5E175A

triadic

#3E175E #5E3E17 #175E3E

tetradic

#3E175E #5E1A17 #375E17 #175A5E

square

#3E175E #5E1A17 #375E17 #175A5E

split-complementary

#3E175E #5A5E17 #175E1A

monochromatic

#100619 #1E0B2D #3E175E #5E238F #7F2FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.10

#3E175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#3E175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E175E

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E175E	1.00	14.10	1.49	14.10
#FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.121 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77588c',
    500: '#3e175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e175e;
$custom-light: #77588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.958,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30498,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E175E

secondary

#64953C

accent

#E4448C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E175E

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

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