#3E2897#3E2897

#3E2897 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.170 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2897
RGB	rgb(62, 40, 151)
HSL	hsl(252, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 73.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 40.69, -57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 70.22, 305.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.0409 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.17 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3296, 4.7756, 29.7550)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2897 #819728

analogous

#284997 #3E2897 #762897

triadic

#3E2897 #973E28 #28973E

tetradic

#3E2897 #972849 #819728 #289776

square

#3E2897 #972849 #819728 #289776

split-complementary

#3E2897 #977628 #499728

monochromatic

#160E36 #2A1B67 #3E2897 #5235C7 #7A64D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#3E2897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#3E2897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2897

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2897	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 40, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.170 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e64b7',
    500: '#3e2897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2897;
$custom-light: #7e64b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.892,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38063,
    "c": 0.16982,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2897

secondary

#A9BC5F

accent

#E146C3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2897

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

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