#3F2579#3F2579

#3F2579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.135 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F2579
RGB	rgb(63, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.86, 33.35, -43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.86, 55.00, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.051 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.135 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1617, 3.7602, 18.4866)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F2579 #5F7925

analogous

#253579 #3F2579 #692579

triadic

#3F2579 #793F25 #25793F

tetradic

#3F2579 #792535 #5F7925 #257969

square

#3F2579 #792535 #5F7925 #257969

split-complementary

#3F2579 #796925 #357925

monochromatic

#0E081B #27174A #3F2579 #5733A8 #754FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#3F2579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#3F2579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3F2579

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F2579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3F2579	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f2579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.135 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a61a0',
    500: '#3f2579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f2579;
$custom-light: #7a61a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f2579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34951,
    "c": 0.13519,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F2579

secondary

#8FAB4E

accent

#DD4BB0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F2579

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

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