#3E2572#3E2572

#3E2572 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.126 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2572
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 114)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.17, 31.02, -40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.17, 50.94, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(34.24% 0.0504 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(34.24% 0.126 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6846, 3.5620, 16.3044)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2572 #597225

analogous

#253272 #3E2572 #652572

triadic

#3E2572 #723E25 #25723E

tetradic

#3E2572 #722532 #597225 #257265

square

#3E2572 #722532 #597225 #257265

split-complementary

#3E2572 #726525 #327225

monochromatic

#0D0717 #251644 #3E2572 #5734A0 #744CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#3E2572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3E2572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2572

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2572	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F3748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.126 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78619b',
    500: '#3e2572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2572;
$custom-light: #78619b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.481,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34241,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2572

secondary

#89A54E

accent

#DA4DAD

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2572

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

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