#3E18B4#3E18B4

#3E18B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.217 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E18B4
RGB	rgb(62, 24, 180)
HSL	hsl(255, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 86.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.65, 56.43, -73.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.65, 92.94, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.37% 0.0411 -0.2131)
OKLCH	oklch(39.37% 0.217 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5489, 4.9719, 43.5749)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E18B4 #8EB418

analogous

#1840B4 #3E18B4 #8C18B4

triadic

#3E18B4 #B43E18 #18B43E

tetradic

#3E18B4 #B41840 #8EB418 #18B48C

square

#3E18B4 #B41840 #8EB418 #18B48C

split-complementary

#3E18B4 #B48C18 #40B418

monochromatic

#190A48 #2B117E #3E18B4 #5527E2 #7F5DE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#3E18B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#3E18B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E18B4

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E18B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E18B4	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e18b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 24, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.217 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ecc',
    500: '#3e18b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e18b4;
$custom-light: #855ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e18b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.615,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39372,
    "c": 0.21699,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E18B4

secondary

#B1CD5B

accent

#F335C5

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0EAF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E18B4

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

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