#3E178F#3E178F

#3E178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.177 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E178F
RGB	rgb(62, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(260, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, 46.65, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 74.74, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.22% 0.0554 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(35.22% 0.177 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2495, 3.6197, 26.2980)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E178F #688F17

analogous

#172C8F #3E178F #7A178F

triadic

#3E178F #8F3E17 #178F3E

tetradic

#3E178F #8F172C #688F17 #178F7A

square

#3E178F #8F172C #688F17 #178F7A

split-complementary

#3E178F #8F7A17 #2C8F17

monochromatic

#100626 #270F5A #3E178F #551FC4 #7440E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#3E178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3E178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E178F

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E178F	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.177 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5bb1',
    500: '#3e178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e178f;
$custom-light: #7e5bb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35222,
    "c": 0.17696,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E178F

secondary

#97C141

accent

#EF39B4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E178F

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

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