#3E286D#3E286D

#3E286D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.115 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E286D
RGB	rgb(62, 40, 109)
HSL	hsl(259, 46%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 63.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.46, 27.66, -36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.46, 45.96, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(34.33% 0.0471 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(34.33% 0.115 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5050, 3.6457, 14.8787)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E286D #576D28

analogous

#28356D #3E286D #61286D

triadic

#3E286D #6D3E28 #286D3E

tetradic

#3E286D #6D2835 #576D28 #286D61

square

#3E286D #6D2835 #576D28 #286D61

split-complementary

#3E286D #6D6128 #356D28

monochromatic

#0D0816 #251840 #3E286D #57389A #7450BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#3E286D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3E286D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E286D

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E286D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E286D	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04356C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e286d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 40, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.115 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776397',
    500: '#3e286d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e286d;
$custom-light: #776397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e286d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.13,
    "s": 46.309,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34333,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E286D

secondary

#879F51

accent

#D652AC

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDEAF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E286D

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

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