#3E2279#3E2279

#3E2279 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.139 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2279
RGB	rgb(62, 34, 121)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 71.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.12, 34.88, -44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.12, 56.90, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0527 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.139 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0089, 3.5485, 18.4538)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2279 #5D7922

analogous

#223279 #3E2279 #692279

triadic

#3E2279 #793E22 #22793E

tetradic

#3E2279 #792232 #5D7922 #227969

square

#3E2279 #792232 #5D7922 #227969

split-complementary

#3E2279 #796922 #327922

monochromatic

#0D0719 #261549 #3E2279 #562FA9 #7349CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#3E2279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3E2279 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2279

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2279	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 34, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.139 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fa0',
    500: '#3e2279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2279;
$custom-light: #795fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.31,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34392,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2279

secondary

#8DAC4B

accent

#DF48AF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2279

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

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