#3E2591#3E2591

#3E2591 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.166 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2591
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 145)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 40.49, -55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 68.64, 306.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.07% 0.0447 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(37.07% 0.166 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7575, 4.3912, 27.2214)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2591 #789125

analogous

#254291 #3E2591 #742591

triadic

#3E2591 #913E25 #25913E

tetradic

#3E2591 #912542 #789125 #259174

square

#3E2591 #912542 #789125 #259174

split-complementary

#3E2591 #917425 #429125

monochromatic

#140C2F #291960 #3E2591 #5331C2 #775BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#3E2591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#3E2591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2591

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2591	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.166 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d62b2',
    500: '#3e2591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2591;
$custom-light: #7d62b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.889,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37066,
    "c": 0.16569,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2591

secondary

#A3BA58

accent

#E345BE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2591

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

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