#3E277C#3E277C

#3E277C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.136 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E277C
RGB	rgb(62, 39, 124)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 68.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 32.88, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 55.50, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.0469 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.136 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3492, 3.9302, 19.4889)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.77

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E277C #657C27

analogous

#273B7C #3E277C #69277C

triadic

#3E277C #7C3E27 #277C3E

tetradic

#3E277C #7C273B #657C27 #277C69

square

#3E277C #7C273B #657C27 #277C69

split-complementary

#3E277C #7C6927 #3B7C27

monochromatic

#0F0A1F #27184D #3E277C #5536AB #7454C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#3E277C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#3E277C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E277C

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E277C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E277C	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e277c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 39, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.136 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7963a3',
    500: '#3e277c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e277c;
$custom-light: #7963a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e277c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.235,
    "s": 52.147,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3542,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E277C

secondary

#95AE51

accent

#DC4CB5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E277C

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

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