#3E279C#3E279C

#3E279C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.177 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E279C
RGB	rgb(62, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 42.78, -59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 73.53, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.0405 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.177 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7110, 4.8749, 31.9280)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E279C #859C27

analogous

#274A9C #3E279C #78279C

triadic

#3E279C #9C3E27 #279C3E

tetradic

#3E279C #9C274A #859C27 #279C78

square

#3E279C #9C274A #859C27 #279C78

split-complementary

#3E279C #9C7827 #4A9C27

monochromatic

#170F3A #2B1B6B #3E279C #5234CC #7C65D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#3E279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#3E279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E279C

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E279C	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.177 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f64ba',
    500: '#3e279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e279c;
$custom-light: #7f64ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.795,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38416,
    "c": 0.17707,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E279C

secondary

#ACBE61

accent

#E345C4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E279C

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

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