#3E2596#3E2596

#3E2596 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.172 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2596
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 150)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.41, 42.01, -57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.41, 71.39, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.0435 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.172 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1515, 4.5488, 29.2967)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2596 #7D9625

analogous

#254596 #3E2596 #772596

triadic

#3E2596 #963E25 #25963E

tetradic

#3E2596 #962545 #7D9625 #259677

square

#3E2596 #962545 #7D9625 #259677

split-complementary

#3E2596 #967725 #459625

monochromatic

#150D34 #2A1965 #3E2596 #5231C7 #795ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#3E2596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#3E2596 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2596

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2596	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.172 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e62b6',
    500: '#3e2596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2596;
$custom-light: #7e62b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.274,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37555,
    "c": 0.17185,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2596

secondary

#A7BC5B

accent

#E444C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2596

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

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