#3E2998#3E2998

#3E2998 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.170 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2998
RGB	rgb(62, 41, 152)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 73%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 40.44, -57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 70.18, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.3% 0.0399 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(38.3% 0.17 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4453, 4.8765, 30.1959)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2998 #839829

analogous

#294C98 #3E2998 #752998

triadic

#3E2998 #983E29 #29983E

tetradic

#3E2998 #98294C #839829 #299875

square

#3E2998 #98294C #839829 #299875

split-complementary

#3E2998 #987529 #4C9829

monochromatic

#170F38 #2A1C68 #3E2998 #5236C8 #7B66D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#3E2998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#3E2998 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2998

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2998	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 41, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.170 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e65b7',
    500: '#3e2998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2998;
$custom-light: #7e65b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 57.513,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38301,
    "c": 0.16994,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2998

secondary

#ABBC61

accent

#E147C4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2998

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

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