#3E2589#3E2589

#3E2589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.156 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2589
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 137)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 73%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 38.04, -51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 64.18, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(36.3% 0.0465 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(36.3% 0.156 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1622, 4.1530, 24.0863)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2589 #708925

analogous

#253E89 #3E2589 #702589

triadic

#3E2589 #893E25 #25893E

tetradic

#3E2589 #89253E #708925 #258970

square

#3E2589 #89253E #708925 #258970

split-complementary

#3E2589 #897025 #3E8925

monochromatic

#120B29 #281859 #3E2589 #5432B9 #7657D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#3E2589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#3E2589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2589

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2589	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#203F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.156 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c62ac',
    500: '#3e2589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2589;
$custom-light: #7c62ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 57.471,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36301,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2589

secondary

#9DB654

accent

#E147BA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2589

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

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