#3E2495#3E2495

#3E2495 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.172 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2495
RGB	rgb(62, 36, 149)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 75.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 42.24, -57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 71.41, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.32% 0.0445 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(37.32% 0.172 285)
XYZ	xyz(8.0406, 4.4553, 28.8642)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2495 #7B9524

analogous

#244395 #3E2495 #772495

triadic

#3E2495 #953E24 #24953E

tetradic

#3E2495 #952443 #7B9524 #249577

square

#3E2495 #952443 #7B9524 #249577

split-complementary

#3E2495 #957724 #439524

monochromatic

#150C32 #291864 #3E2495 #5330C6 #785CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#3E2495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#3E2495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2495

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2495	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 36, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.172 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e62b5',
    500: '#3e2495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2495;
$custom-light: #7e62b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.805,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37324,
    "c": 0.17169,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.04456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2495

secondary

#A5BC59

accent

#E444BF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2495

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

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