#3E2874#3E2874

#3E2874 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.124 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2874
RGB	rgb(62, 40, 116)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 65.5%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.01, 29.80, -40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.01, 50.14, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(34.9% 0.0466 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(34.9% 0.124 292)
XYZ	xyz(5.8969, 3.8025, 16.9429)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2874 #5E7428

analogous

#283874 #3E2874 #642874

triadic

#3E2874 #743E28 #28743E

tetradic

#3E2874 #742838 #5E7428 #287464

square

#3E2874 #742838 #5E7428 #287464

split-complementary

#3E2874 #746428 #387428

monochromatic

#0D0919 #261846 #3E2874 #5638A2 #7353C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#3E2874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#3E2874 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2874

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2874	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 40, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.124 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78639d',
    500: '#3e2874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2874;
$custom-light: #78639d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34901,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.03803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2874

secondary

#8EA652

accent

#D850B1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2874

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

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