#3E2889#3E2889

#3E2889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.152 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2889
RGB	rgb(62, 40, 137)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.79, 36.33, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.79, 62.36, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0438 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.152 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2594, 4.3475, 24.1187)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2889 #738928

analogous

#284389 #3E2889 #6E2889

triadic

#3E2889 #893E28 #28893E

tetradic

#3E2889 #892843 #738928 #28896E

square

#3E2889 #892843 #738928 #28896E

split-complementary

#3E2889 #896E28 #438928

monochromatic

#130C2A #291A5A #3E2889 #5336B8 #765CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#3E2889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#3E2889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2889

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2889	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 40, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.152 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b64ac',
    500: '#3e2889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2889;
$custom-light: #7b64ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.608,
    "s": 54.802,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36741,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2889

secondary

#A0B558

accent

#DE4ABC

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2889

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

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