#3E2197#3E2197

#3E2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.177 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2197
RGB	rgb(62, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(255, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(255, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 44.38, -59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 74.12, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.0462 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.177 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1147, 4.3457, 29.6834)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2197 #7A9721

analogous

#213F97 #3E2197 #792197

triadic

#3E2197 #973E21 #21973E

tetradic

#3E2197 #97213F #7A9721 #219779

square

#3E2197 #97213F #7A9721 #219779

split-complementary

#3E2197 #977921 #3F9721

monochromatic

#150B33 #291665 #3E2197 #532CC9 #7858DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#3E2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#3E2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2197

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2197	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.177 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e60b7',
    500: '#3e2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2197;
$custom-light: #7e60b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.746,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37146,
    "c": 0.17715,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2197

secondary

#A5BE55

accent

#E741BE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2197

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

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