#3E2995#3E2995

#3E2995 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.166 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2995
RGB	rgb(62, 41, 149)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 72.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 39.51, -55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 68.51, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.01% 0.0405 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(38.01% 0.166 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2027, 4.7794, 28.9182)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2995 #809529

analogous

#294A95 #3E2995 #742995

triadic

#3E2995 #953E29 #29953E

tetradic

#3E2995 #95294A #809529 #299574

square

#3E2995 #95294A #809529 #299574

split-complementary

#3E2995 #957429 #4A9529

monochromatic

#160F35 #2A1C65 #3E2995 #5236C5 #7A64D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#3E2995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#3E2995 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2995

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2995	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)

#004198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10465C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 41, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.166 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d65b5',
    500: '#3e2995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2995;
$custom-light: #7d65b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 56.842,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38014,
    "c": 0.16618,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2995

secondary

#A9BA60

accent

#E048C2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2995

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

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