#3E21A4#3E21A4

#3E21A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.192 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E21A4
RGB	rgb(62, 33, 164)
HSL	hsl(253, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(253, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 79.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 48.21, -65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 80.99, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% 0.0423 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.192 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2292, 4.7915, 35.5533)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E21A4 #87A421

analogous

#2146A4 #3E21A4 #7F21A4

triadic

#3E21A4 #A43E21 #21A43E

tetradic

#3E21A4 #A42146 #87A421 #21A47F

square

#3E21A4 #A42146 #87A421 #21A47F

split-complementary

#3E21A4 #A47F21 #46A421

monochromatic

#170C3E #2B1771 #3E21A4 #522DD5 #7C60DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#3E21A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#3E21A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E21A4

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E21A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E21A4	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0039A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e21a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 33, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.192 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161c0',
    500: '#3e21a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e21a4;
$custom-light: #8161c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e21a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.282,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3849,
    "c": 0.1924,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E21A4

secondary

#ADC45D

accent

#E93EC4

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0EAF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E21A4

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

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