#3F2879#3F2879

#3F2879 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.131 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F2879
RGB	rgb(63, 40, 121)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 67%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 66.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 31.56, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 53.08, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0476 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.131 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2589, 3.9546, 18.5190)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F2879 #627928

analogous

#283A79 #3F2879 #682879

triadic

#3F2879 #793F28 #28793F

tetradic

#3F2879 #79283A #627928 #287968

square

#3F2879 #79283A #627928 #287968

split-complementary

#3F2879 #796828 #3A7928

monochromatic

#0F0A1D #27194B #3F2879 #5737A7 #7555C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#3F2879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#3F2879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3F2879

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F2879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3F2879	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f2879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 40, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.131 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7963a0',
    500: '#3f2879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f2879;
$custom-light: #7963a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f2879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.037,
    "s": 50.311,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35426,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F2879

secondary

#92AB52

accent

#DA4EB2

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F2879

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

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