#3E189F#3E189F

#3E189F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.194 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E189F
RGB	rgb(62, 24, 159)
HSL	hsl(257, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 84.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 50.68, -65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 82.53, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.0489 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.194 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5693, 4.1800, 33.1494)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E189F #799F18

analogous

#18359F #3E189F #81189F

triadic

#3E189F #9F3E18 #189F3E

tetradic

#3E189F #9F1835 #799F18 #189F81

square

#3E189F #9F1835 #799F18 #189F81

split-complementary

#3E189F #9F8118 #359F18

monochromatic

#150835 #29106A #3E189F #5320D4 #784DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#3E189F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3E189F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E189F

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E189F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E189F	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)

#003DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e189f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 24, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.194 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815cbd',
    500: '#3e189f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e189f;
$custom-light: #815cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e189f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.889,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37036,
    "c": 0.19401,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E189F

secondary

#A4C64D

accent

#F037BC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E189F

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

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