#3E2491#3E2491

#3E2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.167 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2491
RGB	rgb(62, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.73, 41.03, -55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.73, 69.22, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(36.93% 0.0456 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(36.93% 0.167 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7268, 4.3298, 27.2112)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2491 #779124

analogous

#244091 #3E2491 #742491

triadic

#3E2491 #913E24 #24913E

tetradic

#3E2491 #912440 #779124 #249174

square

#3E2491 #912440 #779124 #249174

split-complementary

#3E2491 #917424 #409124

monochromatic

#140C2F #291860 #3E2491 #5330C2 #7759D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#3E2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#3E2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2491

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2491	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.167 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d62b2',
    500: '#3e2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2491;
$custom-light: #7d62b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.312,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36931,
    "c": 0.1668,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2491

secondary

#A3BA56

accent

#E344BD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2491

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

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