#3E17A1#3E17A1

#3E17A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.197 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E17A1
RGB	rgb(62, 23, 161)
HSL	hsl(257, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 85.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 51.61, -66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 83.94, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.17% 0.0486 -0.1908)
OKLCH	oklch(37.17% 0.197 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7240, 4.2096, 34.0641)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E17A1 #7AA117

analogous

#1735A1 #3E17A1 #8317A1

triadic

#3E17A1 #A13E17 #17A13E

tetradic

#3E17A1 #A11735 #7AA117 #17A183

square

#3E17A1 #A11735 #7AA117 #17A183

split-complementary

#3E17A1 #A18317 #35A117

monochromatic

#150836 #290F6B #3E17A1 #531FD7 #784DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#3E17A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3E17A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E17A1

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E17A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E17A1	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e17a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 23, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.197 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815cbe',
    500: '#3e17a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e17a1;
$custom-light: #815cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e17a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.957,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37166,
    "c": 0.19692,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E17A1

secondary

#A5C74C

accent

#F236BD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E17A1

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

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