#3E176D#3E176D

#3E176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.138 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E176D
RGB	rgb(62, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.98, 37.25, -42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.98, 56.41, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(31.83% 0.0666 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(31.83% 0.138 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0526, 2.7410, 14.7279)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E176D #466D17

analogous

#171B6D #3E176D #69176D

triadic

#3E176D #6D3E17 #176D3E

tetradic

#3E176D #6D171B #466D17 #176D69

square

#3E176D #6D171B #466D17 #176D69

split-complementary

#3E176D #6D6917 #1B6D17

monochromatic

#0E0519 #210C3A #3E176D #5B22A0 #772CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.56

#3E176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#3E176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E176D

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E176D	1.00	13.56	1.55	13.56
#FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#322D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.138 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785998',
    500: '#3e176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e176d;
$custom-light: #785998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.209,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3183,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E176D

secondary

#75A33D

accent

#E8409C

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E176D

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

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