#3E279A#3E279A

#3E279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.175 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E279A
RGB	rgb(62, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.18, 42.16, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.18, 72.44, 305.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.22% 0.041 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(38.22% 0.175 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5431, 4.8077, 31.0434)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E279A #839A27

analogous

#27499A #3E279A #77279A

triadic

#3E279A #9A3E27 #279A3E

tetradic

#3E279A #9A2749 #839A27 #279A77

square

#3E279A #9A2749 #839A27 #279A77

split-complementary

#3E279A #9A7727 #499A27

monochromatic

#170E38 #2A1B69 #3E279A #5233CB #7B64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#3E279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#3E279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E279A

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E279A	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.175 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e64b9',
    500: '#3e279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e279a;
$custom-light: #7e64b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38218,
    "c": 0.17462,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E279A

secondary

#ABBD5F

accent

#E345C3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E279A

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

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