#3E2996#3E2996

#3E2996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.167 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2996
RGB	rgb(62, 41, 150)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 72.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 39.82, -56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 69.07, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.11% 0.0403 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(38.11% 0.167 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2829, 4.8115, 29.3405)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2996 #819629

analogous

#294A96 #3E2996 #752996

triadic

#3E2996 #963E29 #29963E

tetradic

#3E2996 #96294A #819629 #299675

square

#3E2996 #96294A #819629 #299675

split-complementary

#3E2996 #967529 #4A9629

monochromatic

#160F36 #2A1C66 #3E2996 #5236C6 #7A65D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#3E2996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#3E2996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2996

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2996	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 41, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.167 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e65b6',
    500: '#3e2996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2996;
$custom-light: #7e65b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.56,
    "s": 57.068,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38109,
    "c": 0.16744,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2996

secondary

#A9BB60

accent

#E047C3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2996

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

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