#3E21B2#3E21B2

#3E21B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.208 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E21B2
RGB	rgb(62, 33, 178)
HSL	hsl(252, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 81.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.64, 52.28, -71.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.64, 88.18, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% 0.038 -0.205)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.208 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5638, 5.3254, 42.5821)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E21B2 #95B221

analogous

#214DB2 #3E21B2 #8721B2

triadic

#3E21B2 #B23E21 #21B23E

tetradic

#3E21B2 #B2214D #95B221 #21B287

square

#3E21B2 #B2214D #95B221 #21B287

split-complementary

#3E21B2 #B28721 #4DB221

monochromatic

#1A0E4B #2C177E #3E21B2 #5736DA #826AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#3E21B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#3E21B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E21B2

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E21B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E21B2	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e21b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 33, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.208 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462ca',
    500: '#3e21b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e21b2;
$custom-light: #8462ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e21b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39983,
    "c": 0.20846,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E21B2

secondary

#B5C966

accent

#EC3CC8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0513

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E21B2

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

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