#3E176B#3E176B

#3E176B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.136 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E176B
RGB	rgb(62, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.79, 36.70, -41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.79, 55.29, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(31.65% 0.0671 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(31.65% 0.136 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.9462, 2.6984, 14.1673)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E176B #446B17

analogous

#171A6B #3E176B #68176B

triadic

#3E176B #6B3E17 #176B3E

tetradic

#3E176B #6B171A #446B17 #176B68

square

#3E176B #6B171A #446B17 #176B68

split-complementary

#3E176B #6B6817 #1A6B17

monochromatic

#0F0519 #210C39 #3E176B #5B229D #782DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#3E176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3E176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E176B

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E176B	1.00	13.64	1.54	13.64
#FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#332D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.136 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785896',
    500: '#3e176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e176b;
$custom-light: #785896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31645,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E176B

secondary

#72A13D

accent

#E8409A

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E176B

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

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