#3E2177#3E2177

#3E2177 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.138 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2177
RGB	rgb(62, 33, 119)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 34.85, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 56.36, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.07% 0.0541 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(34.07% 0.138 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8593, 3.4436, 17.8051)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2177 #5A7721

analogous

#212F77 #3E2177 #692177

triadic

#3E2177 #773E21 #21773E

tetradic

#3E2177 #77212F #5A7721 #217769

square

#3E2177 #77212F #5A7721 #217769

split-complementary

#3E2177 #776921 #2F7721

monochromatic

#0C0718 #251447 #3E2177 #572EA7 #7447CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#3E2177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#3E2177 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2177

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2177	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 33, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.138 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795f9f',
    500: '#3e2177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2177;
$custom-light: #795f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.233,
    "s": 56.579,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34066,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2177

secondary

#8AAA4A

accent

#E048AD

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2177

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

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