#3E256E#3E256E

#3E256E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.121 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E256E
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.85, 29.82, -38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.85, 48.57, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(33.91% 0.0508 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(33.91% 0.121 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4619, 3.4729, 15.1314)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 6.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E256E #556E25

analogous

#25316E #3E256E #63256E

triadic

#3E256E #6E3E25 #256E3E

tetradic

#3E256E #6E2531 #556E25 #256E63

square

#3E256E #6E2531 #556E25 #256E63

split-complementary

#3E256E #6E6325 #316E25

monochromatic

#0D0817 #241640 #3E256E #58349C #744BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#3E256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#3E256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E256E

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E256E	1.00	12.39	1.69	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.121 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776198',
    500: '#3e256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e256e;
$custom-light: #776198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.548,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33908,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E256E

secondary

#84A14E

accent

#D94FAA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDEAF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E256E

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

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