#3E256D#3E256D

#3E256D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.119 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E256D
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 109)
HSL	hsl(261, 49%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 66.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.77, 29.52, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.77, 47.98, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(33.83% 0.0509 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(33.83% 0.119 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4078, 3.4513, 14.8463)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 6.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E256D #546D25

analogous

#25306D #3E256D #62256D

triadic

#3E256D #6D3E25 #256D3E

tetradic

#3E256D #6D2530 #546D25 #256D62

square

#3E256D #6D2530 #546D25 #256D62

split-complementary

#3E256D #6D6225 #306D25

monochromatic

#0D0817 #24153F #3E256D #58359B #744BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#3E256D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#3E256D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E256D

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E256D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E256D	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e256d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.119 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776197',
    500: '#3e256d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e256d;
$custom-light: #776197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e256d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.833,
    "s": 49.315,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33826,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E256D

secondary

#83A04E

accent

#D94FA9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDEAF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E256D

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

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