#3E2899#3E2899

#3E2899 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.172 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2899
RGB	rgb(62, 40, 153)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.28, 41.31, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.28, 71.32, 305.40°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0405 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.172 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4934, 4.8411, 30.6177)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2899 #839928

analogous

#284B99 #3E2899 #762899

triadic

#3E2899 #993E28 #28993E

tetradic

#3E2899 #99284B #839928 #289976

square

#3E2899 #99284B #839928 #289976

split-complementary

#3E2899 #997628 #4B9928

monochromatic

#170F38 #2A1B68 #3E2899 #5235CA #7B65D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#3E2899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#3E2899 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2899

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2899	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 40, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.172 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e64b8',
    500: '#3e2899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2899;
$custom-light: #7e64b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.681,
    "s": 58.549,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38258,
    "c": 0.1723,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2899

secondary

#ABBD60

accent

#E246C3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2899

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

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