#3E2580#3E2580

#3E2580 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.144 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2580
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 128)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 71.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 35.28, -47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 59.07, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0483 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.144 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5433, 3.9055, 20.8270)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.51

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2580 #678025

analogous

#253980 #3E2580 #6C2580

triadic

#3E2580 #803E25 #25803E

tetradic

#3E2580 #802539 #678025 #25806C

square

#3E2580 #802539 #678025 #25806C

split-complementary

#3E2580 #806C25 #398025

monochromatic

#100A21 #271751 #3E2580 #5533AF #7452CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#3E2580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#3E2580 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2580

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2580	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.144 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a61a6',
    500: '#3e2580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2580;
$custom-light: #7a61a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.484,
    "s": 55.152,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35468,
    "c": 0.14426,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2580

secondary

#96B150

accent

#DE49B6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2580

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

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