#3E2198#3E2198

#3E2198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.178 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2198
RGB	rgb(62, 33, 152)
HSL	hsl(255, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(255, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 44.67, -59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 74.66, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0459 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.178 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1962, 4.3783, 30.1129)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2198 #7B9821

analogous

#214098 #3E2198 #7A2198

triadic

#3E2198 #983E21 #21983E

tetradic

#3E2198 #982140 #7B9821 #21987A

square

#3E2198 #982140 #7B9821 #21987A

split-complementary

#3E2198 #987A21 #409821

monochromatic

#150B33 #291666 #3E2198 #532CCA #7859DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#3E2198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#3E2198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2198

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2198	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 33, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.178 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f60b7',
    500: '#3e2198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2198;
$custom-light: #7f60b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.622,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37248,
    "c": 0.17834,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2198

secondary

#A5BF56

accent

#E740BF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2198

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

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