#3F255B#3F255B

#3F255B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.095 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F255B
RGB	rgb(63, 37, 91)
HSL	hsl(269, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(269, 59%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 59.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.58, 24.54, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.58, 37.19, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(32.57% 0.0528 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(32.57% 0.095 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.5994, 3.1352, 10.2584)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F255B #415B25

analogous

#25265B #3F255B #5A255B

triadic

#3F255B #5B3F25 #255B3F

tetradic

#3F255B #5B2526 #415B25 #255B5A

square

#3F255B #5B2526 #415B25 #255B5A

split-complementary

#3F255B #5B5A25 #265B25

monochromatic

#0F0916 #21132F #3F255B #5D3787 #7B48B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#3F255B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#3F255B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3F255B

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F255B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3F255B	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11315D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A325A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f255b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 37, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.095 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76608a',
    500: '#3f255b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f255b;
$custom-light: #76608a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f255b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 42.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32565,
    "c": 0.09483,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F255B

secondary

#6F8E4D

accent

#D25696

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09050B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F255B

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

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