#3E178D#3E178D

#3E178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.175 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E178D
RGB	rgb(62, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(260, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.16, 46.09, -57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.16, 73.69, 308.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.0561 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.175 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0993, 3.5597, 25.5071)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E178D #668D17

analogous

#172B8D #3E178D #79178D

triadic

#3E178D #8D3E17 #178D3E

tetradic

#3E178D #8D172B #668D17 #178D79

square

#3E178D #8D172B #668D17 #178D79

split-complementary

#3E178D #8D7917 #2B8D17

monochromatic

#100624 #270E58 #3E178D #5520C2 #743FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#3E178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3E178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E178D

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E178D	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.175 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5baf',
    500: '#3e178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e178d;
$custom-light: #7d5baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.831,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35011,
    "c": 0.17472,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E178D

secondary

#96C040

accent

#EF39B3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E178D

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

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