#3E256F#3E256F

#3E256F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.122 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E256F
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 111)
HSL	hsl(260, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.93, 30.12, -38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.93, 49.16, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.99% 0.0507 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(33.99% 0.122 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5167, 3.4948, 15.4198)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 6.39

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E256F #566F25

analogous

#25316F #3E256F #63256F

triadic

#3E256F #6F3E25 #256F3E

tetradic

#3E256F #6F2531 #566F25 #256F63

square

#3E256F #6F2531 #566F25 #256F63

split-complementary

#3E256F #6F6325 #316F25

monochromatic

#0D0817 #241641 #3E256F #58349D #744BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#3E256F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#3E256F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E256F

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E256F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E256F	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e256f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.122 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786199',
    500: '#3e256f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e256f;
$custom-light: #786199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e256f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.27,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3399,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E256F

secondary

#86A24E

accent

#DA4EAA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDEAF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E256F

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

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