#3E256A#3E256A

#3E256A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.115 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E256A
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 106)
HSL	hsl(262, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(262, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.53, 28.62, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.53, 46.19, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.58% 0.0511 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(33.58% 0.115 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2490, 3.3878, 14.0102)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 6.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E256A #516A25

analogous

#252E6A #3E256A #60256A

triadic

#3E256A #6A3E25 #256A3E

tetradic

#3E256A #6A252E #516A25 #256A60

square

#3E256A #6A252E #516A25 #256A60

split-complementary

#3E256A #6A6025 #2E6A25

monochromatic

#0D0817 #23153D #3E256A #593597 #744AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#3E256A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#3E256A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E256A

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E256A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E256A	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e256a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.115 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776195',
    500: '#3e256a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e256a;
$custom-light: #776195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e256a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.739,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33582,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E256A

secondary

#809D4E

accent

#D850A7

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDEAF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E256A

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

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