#3E2597#3E2597

#3E2597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.173 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2597
RGB	rgb(62, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 42.32, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 71.94, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.65% 0.0433 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(37.65% 0.173 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2324, 4.5811, 29.7226)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2597 #7E9725

analogous

#254597 #3E2597 #772597

triadic

#3E2597 #973E25 #25973E

tetradic

#3E2597 #972545 #7E9725 #259777

square

#3E2597 #972545 #7E9725 #259777

split-complementary

#3E2597 #977725 #459725

monochromatic

#160D35 #2A1966 #3E2597 #5231C8 #795FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#3E2597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#3E2597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2597

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2597	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.173 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e63b7',
    500: '#3e2597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2597;
$custom-light: #7e63b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.158,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37654,
    "c": 0.17307,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2597

secondary

#A7BD5B

accent

#E444C1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2597

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

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