#3E2185#3E2185

#3E2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.155 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2185
RGB	rgb(62, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 39.02, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 64.28, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% 0.051 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.155 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7629, 3.8050, 22.5638)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.12

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2185 #688521

analogous

#213685 #3E2185 #702185

triadic

#3E2185 #853E21 #21853E

tetradic

#3E2185 #852136 #688521 #218570

square

#3E2185 #852136 #688521 #218570

split-complementary

#3E2185 #857021 #368521

monochromatic

#100923 #271554 #3E2185 #552DB6 #744DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#3E2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#3E2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2185

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2185	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.155 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5fa9',
    500: '#3e2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2185;
$custom-light: #7b5fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.4,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35367,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2185

secondary

#97B64C

accent

#E344B5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2185

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

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