#3F1257#3F1257

#3F1257 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.120 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F1257
RGB	rgb(63, 18, 87)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 79.3%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.39, 34.09, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.39, 46.75, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(29.44% 0.0783 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(29.44% 0.12 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9862, 2.1776, 9.2253)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F1257 #2A5712

analogous

#1C1257 #3F1257 #57124C

triadic

#3F1257 #573F12 #12573F

tetradic

#3F1257 #571C12 #2A5712 #124C57

square

#3F1257 #571C12 #2A5712 #124C57

split-complementary

#3F1257 #4C5712 #12571C

monochromatic

#120519 #1A0824 #3F1257 #641C8A #8827BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#3F1257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#3F1257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3F1257

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F1257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3F1257	1.00	14.63	1.44	14.63
#FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#062956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f1257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 18, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.120 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775587',
    500: '#3f1257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f1257;
$custom-light: #775587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f1257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29444,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F1257

secondary

#559035

accent

#E93F7A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9EF

border

#C8C5CA

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F1257

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

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