#3E255E#3E255E

#3E255E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.099 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E255E
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 94)
HSL	hsl(266, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 60.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.66, 25.11, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.66, 38.97, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(32.66% 0.0514 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(32.66% 0.099 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6681, 3.1554, 10.9506)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 8.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E255E #455E25

analogous

#25285E #3E255E #5A255E

triadic

#3E255E #5E3E25 #255E3E

tetradic

#3E255E #5E2528 #455E25 #255E5A

square

#3E255E #5E2528 #455E25 #255E5A

split-complementary

#3E255E #5E5A25 #285E25

monochromatic

#0E0916 #211432 #3E255E #5B368A #7848B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#3E255E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#3E255E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E255E

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E255E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E255E	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D3160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16315D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38303D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e255e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.099 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76608c',
    500: '#3e255e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e255e;
$custom-light: #76608c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e255e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.316,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32659,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E255E

secondary

#74914D

accent

#D3559C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09050C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E255E

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

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