#3E2B71#3E2B71

#3E2B71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.116 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E2B71
RGB	rgb(62, 43, 113)
HSL	hsl(256, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(256, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 61.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 27.00, -37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 46.31, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.18% 0.0431 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(35.18% 0.116 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8303, 3.9440, 16.0737)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E2B71 #5E712B

analogous

#2B3B71 #3E2B71 #612B71

triadic

#3E2B71 #713E2B #2B713E

tetradic

#3E2B71 #712B3B #5E712B #2B7161

square

#3E2B71 #712B3B #5E712B #2B7161

split-complementary

#3E2B71 #71612B #3B712B

monochromatic

#0D0918 #261A45 #3E2B71 #563C9D #7357BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#3E2B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#3E2B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E2B71

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E2B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E2B71	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03376F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e2b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 43, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.116 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77659a',
    500: '#3e2b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e2b71;
$custom-light: #77659a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e2b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.286,
    "s": 44.872,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35176,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E2B71

secondary

#8EA355

accent

#D553B1

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EDEBF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E2B71

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

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