#3E178E#3E178E

#3E178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.176 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E178E
RGB	rgb(62, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(260, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.27, 46.37, -57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.27, 74.22, 308.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.12% 0.0558 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(35.12% 0.176 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1740, 3.5896, 25.9008)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E178E #678E17

analogous

#172B8E #3E178E #7A178E

triadic

#3E178E #8E3E17 #178E3E

tetradic

#3E178E #8E172B #678E17 #178E7A

square

#3E178E #8E172B #678E17 #178E7A

split-complementary

#3E178E #8E7A17 #2B8E17

monochromatic

#100625 #270E59 #3E178E #5520C3 #743FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#3E178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3E178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E178E

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E178E	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.176 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5bb0',
    500: '#3e178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e178e;
$custom-light: #7e5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.664,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35117,
    "c": 0.17584,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E178E

secondary

#96C040

accent

#EF39B3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E178E

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

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