#3E2575#3E2575

#3E2575 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.130 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2575
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 117)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 68.4%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 31.93, -41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 52.70, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.05 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.13 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8582, 3.6314, 17.2185)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2575 #5C7525

analogous

#253475 #3E2575 #662575

triadic

#3E2575 #753E25 #25753E

tetradic

#3E2575 #752534 #5C7525 #257566

square

#3E2575 #752534 #5C7525 #257566

split-complementary

#3E2575 #756625 #347525

monochromatic

#0D0818 #251647 #3E2575 #5734A3 #734EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#3E2575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3E2575 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2575

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2575	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.130 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78619d',
    500: '#3e2575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2575;
$custom-light: #78619d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34497,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2575

secondary

#8CA84E

accent

#DB4CAF

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2575

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

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