#3E218B#3E218B

#3E218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.163 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E218B
RGB	rgb(62, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 40.81, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 67.60, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0495 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.163 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1893, 3.9756, 24.8096)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E218B #6E8B21

analogous

#21398B #3E218B #73218B

triadic

#3E218B #8B3E21 #218B3E

tetradic

#3E218B #8B2139 #6E8B21 #218B73

square

#3E218B #8B2139 #6E8B21 #218B73

split-complementary

#3E218B #8B7321 #398B21

monochromatic

#120A28 #28155A #3E218B #542DBC #7551D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#3E218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#3E218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E218B

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E218B	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.163 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60ae',
    500: '#3e218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e218b;
$custom-light: #7c60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.415,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35948,
    "c": 0.16274,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E218B

secondary

#9CB94F

accent

#E543B8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E218B

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

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