#3E218A#3E218A

#3E218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.162 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E218A
RGB	rgb(62, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 40.51, -53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 67.05, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0498 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.162 288)
XYZ	xyz(7.1166, 3.9465, 24.4266)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E218A #6D8A21

analogous

#21388A #3E218A #72218A

triadic

#3E218A #8A3E21 #218A3E

tetradic

#3E218A #8A2138 #6D8A21 #218A72

square

#3E218A #8A2138 #6D8A21 #218A72

split-complementary

#3E218A #8A7221 #388A21

monochromatic

#120927 #281559 #3E218A #542DBB #7550D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#3E218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#3E218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E218A

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E218A	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.162 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60ad',
    500: '#3e218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e218a;
$custom-light: #7c60ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3585,
    "c": 0.16152,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.03947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E218A

secondary

#9BB94E

accent

#E543B8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E218A

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

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