#3E2496#3E2496

#3E2496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.173 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2496
RGB	rgb(62, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 42.54, -58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 71.95, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0443 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.173 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1208, 4.4874, 29.2865)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2496 #7C9624

analogous

#244396 #3E2496 #772496

triadic

#3E2496 #963E24 #24963E

tetradic

#3E2496 #962443 #7C9624 #249677

square

#3E2496 #962443 #7C9624 #249677

split-complementary

#3E2496 #967724 #439624

monochromatic

#150C33 #2A1865 #3E2496 #5230C7 #795CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#3E2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#3E2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2496

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2496	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.173 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e62b6',
    500: '#3e2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2496;
$custom-light: #7e62b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.684,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37423,
    "c": 0.17291,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2496

secondary

#A6BD59

accent

#E443C0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2496

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

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