#3E17A0#3E17A0

#3E17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.196 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E17A0
RGB	rgb(62, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(257, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.24, 51.34, -65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.24, 83.44, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.049 -0.1896)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.196 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6362, 4.1744, 33.6015)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E17A0 #79A017

analogous

#1735A0 #3E17A0 #8217A0

triadic

#3E17A0 #A03E17 #17A03E

tetradic

#3E17A0 #A01735 #79A017 #17A082

square

#3E17A0 #A01735 #79A017 #17A082

split-complementary

#3E17A0 #A08217 #35A017

monochromatic

#150835 #290F6A #3E17A0 #531FD6 #784CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#3E17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3E17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E17A0

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E17A0	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.196 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815cbd',
    500: '#3e17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e17a0;
$custom-light: #815cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.08,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37056,
    "c": 0.19582,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E17A0

secondary

#A4C74C

accent

#F136BC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E17A0

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

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