#3E2571#3E2571

#3E2571 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.125 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2571
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 113)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 67.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.09, 30.72, -39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.09, 50.35, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.16% 0.0505 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(34.16% 0.125 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6280, 3.5394, 16.0062)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 6.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2571 #587125

analogous

#253271 #3E2571 #642571

triadic

#3E2571 #713E25 #25713E

tetradic

#3E2571 #712532 #587125 #257164

square

#3E2571 #712532 #587125 #257164

split-complementary

#3E2571 #716425 #327125

monochromatic

#0D0817 #251643 #3E2571 #57349F #744CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#3E2571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3E2571 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2571

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2571	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.125 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78619a',
    500: '#3e2571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2571;
$custom-light: #78619a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.737,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34157,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2571

secondary

#88A44E

accent

#DA4EAC

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2571

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

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