#3E2579#3E2579

#3E2579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.135 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2579
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 33.15, -43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 55.03, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.0495 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.135 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0984, 3.7275, 18.4836)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2579 #607925

analogous

#253679 #3E2579 #682579

triadic

#3E2579 #793E25 #25793E

tetradic

#3E2579 #792536 #607925 #257968

square

#3E2579 #792536 #607925 #257968

split-complementary

#3E2579 #796825 #367925

monochromatic

#0E081B #26174A #3E2579 #5633A8 #734FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#3E2579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#3E2579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2579

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2579	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.135 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7961a0',
    500: '#3e2579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2579;
$custom-light: #7961a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.857,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34844,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2579

secondary

#90AB4E

accent

#DD4BB1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2579

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

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