#3E278E#3E278E

#3E278E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.160 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E278E
RGB	rgb(62, 39, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 72.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 38.46, -53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 65.80, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0437 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.16 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5931, 4.4277, 26.0405)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E278E #778E27

analogous

#27438E #3E278E #71278E

triadic

#3E278E #8E3E27 #278E3E

tetradic

#3E278E #8E2743 #778E27 #278E71

square

#3E278E #8E2743 #778E27 #278E71

split-complementary

#3E278E #8E7127 #438E27

monochromatic

#140D2E #291A5E #3E278E #5334BE #775DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#3E278E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#3E278E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E278E

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E278E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E278E	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A4258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e278e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 39, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.160 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c63b0',
    500: '#3e278e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e278e;
$custom-light: #7c63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e278e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.398,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3706,
    "c": 0.15967,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E278E

secondary

#A3B859

accent

#E048BE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E278E

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

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