#3E1B59#3E1B59

#3E1B59 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.109 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E1B59
RGB	rgb(62, 27, 89)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 69.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.05, 29.74, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.05, 42.72, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(30.65% 0.0655 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(30.65% 0.109 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.1813, 2.5293, 9.7172)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E1B59 #36591B

analogous

#1F1B59 #3E1B59 #591B55

triadic

#3E1B59 #593E1B #1B593E

tetradic

#3E1B59 #591F1B #36591B #1B5559

square

#3E1B59 #591F1B #36591B #1B5559

split-complementary

#3E1B59 #55591B #1B591F

monochromatic

#100717 #1D0D2A #3E1B59 #5F2988 #7F37B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#3E1B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#3E1B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E1B59

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E1B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E1B59	1.00	13.95	1.51	13.95
#FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E2C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2837

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e1b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 27, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.109 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765a88',
    500: '#3e1b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e1b59;
$custom-light: #765a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e1b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.871,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30647,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E1B59

secondary

#638F41

accent

#DD4B8A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E1B59

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

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