#3C1157#3C1157

#3C1157 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.120 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1157
RGB	rgb(60, 17, 87)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 80.5%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.75, 33.89, -33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.75, 47.35, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(28.89% 0.0749 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(28.89% 0.12 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7839, 2.0497, 9.2113)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Violet

#34013F

ΔE00 5.18

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1157 #2C5711

analogous

#191157 #3C1157 #57114F

triadic

#3C1157 #573C11 #11573C

tetradic

#3C1157 #571911 #2C5711 #114F57

square

#3C1157 #571911 #2C5711 #114F57

split-complementary

#3C1157 #4F5711 #115719

monochromatic

#12051A #190724 #3C1157 #5F1B8A #8325BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.89

#3C1157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#3C1157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1157

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1157	1.00	14.89	1.41	14.89
#FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 17, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.120 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755487',
    500: '#3c1157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1157;
$custom-light: #755487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28886,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1157

secondary

#579034

accent

#EA3E80

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9EF

border

#C8C5CA

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1157

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

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