#3E2799#3E2799

#3E2799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.173 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2799
RGB	rgb(62, 39, 153)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.08, 41.86, -58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.08, 71.90, 305.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.12% 0.0413 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(38.12% 0.173 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4601, 4.7745, 30.6066)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2799 #829927

analogous

#274999 #3E2799 #772799

triadic

#3E2799 #993E27 #27993E

tetradic

#3E2799 #992749 #829927 #279977

square

#3E2799 #992749 #829927 #279977

split-complementary

#3E2799 #997727 #499927

monochromatic

#160E37 #2A1B68 #3E2799 #5233CA #7B63D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#3E2799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#3E2799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2799

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2799	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 39, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.173 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e64b8',
    500: '#3e2799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2799;
$custom-light: #7e64b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.105,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3812,
    "c": 0.17339,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2799

secondary

#AABD5F

accent

#E345C3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2799

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

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