#3E2997#3E2997

#3E2997 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.169 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2997
RGB	rgb(62, 41, 151)
HSL	hsl(251, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 72.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 40.13, -56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 69.63, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0401 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.169 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3637, 4.8438, 29.7664)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2997 #829729

analogous

#294B97 #3E2997 #752997

triadic

#3E2997 #973E29 #29973E

tetradic

#3E2997 #97294B #829729 #299775

square

#3E2997 #97294B #829729 #299775

split-complementary

#3E2997 #977529 #4B9729

monochromatic

#160F37 #2A1C67 #3E2997 #5236C7 #7B65D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#3E2997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#3E2997 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2997

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2997	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)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 41, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.169 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e65b7',
    500: '#3e2997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2997;
$custom-light: #7e65b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.455,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38205,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2997

secondary

#AABB61

accent

#E147C3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2997

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

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