#3E2278#3E2278

#3E2278 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.138 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2278
RGB	rgb(62, 34, 120)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 71.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 34.58, -44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 56.33, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(34.3% 0.0529 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(34.3% 0.138 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9479, 3.5241, 18.1325)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2278 #5C7822

analogous

#223178 #3E2278 #692278

triadic

#3E2278 #783E22 #22783E

tetradic

#3E2278 #782231 #5C7822 #227869

square

#3E2278 #782231 #5C7822 #227869

split-complementary

#3E2278 #786922 #317822

monochromatic

#0D0719 #251448 #3E2278 #5730A8 #7349CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#3E2278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#3E2278 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2278

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2278	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 34, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.138 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fa0',
    500: '#3e2278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2278;
$custom-light: #795fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34302,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2278

secondary

#8CAB4B

accent

#DF49AE

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2278

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

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