#3E2178#3E2178

#3E2178 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.139 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2178
RGB	rgb(62, 33, 120)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 72.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 35.15, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 56.94, 308.12°)
OKLab	oklab(34.16% 0.0539 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(34.16% 0.139 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9197, 3.4677, 18.1231)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2178 #5B7821

analogous

#212F78 #3E2178 #6A2178

triadic

#3E2178 #783E21 #21783E

tetradic

#3E2178 #78212F #5B7821 #21786A

square

#3E2178 #78212F #5B7821 #21786A

split-complementary

#3E2178 #786A21 #2F7821

monochromatic

#0C0718 #251448 #3E2178 #572EA8 #7347CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#3E2178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#3E2178 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2178

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2178	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 33, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.139 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fa0',
    500: '#3e2178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2178;
$custom-light: #795fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34157,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2178

secondary

#8BAB4A

accent

#E048AD

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2178

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

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