#3E198D#3E198D

#3E198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.173 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E198D
RGB	rgb(62, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 45.24, -57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 72.78, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0549 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.173 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1405, 3.6421, 25.5209)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E198D #688D19

analogous

#192E8D #3E198D #78198D

triadic

#3E198D #8D3E19 #198D3E

tetradic

#3E198D #8D192E #688D19 #198D78

square

#3E198D #8D192E #688D19 #198D78

split-complementary

#3E198D #8D7819 #2E8D19

monochromatic

#100725 #271059 #3E198D #5522C1 #7443DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#3E198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3E198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E198D

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E198D	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.173 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5caf',
    500: '#3e198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e198d;
$custom-light: #7d5caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.138,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35213,
    "c": 0.173,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E198D

secondary

#97BF43

accent

#ED3BB4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E198D

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

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