#3C1159#3C1159

#3C1159 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.122 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1159
RGB	rgb(60, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(276, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(276, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 80.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.92, 34.39, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.92, 48.46, 315.22°)
OKLab	oklab(29.06% 0.0744 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(29.06% 0.122 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8667, 2.0829, 9.6476)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1159 #2E5911

analogous

#181159 #3C1159 #591152

triadic

#3C1159 #593C11 #11593C

tetradic

#3C1159 #591811 #2E5911 #115259

square

#3C1159 #591811 #2E5911 #115259

split-complementary

#3C1159 #525911 #115918

monochromatic

#11051A #190726 #3C1159 #5F1B8C #8125C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.82

#3C1159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#3C1159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1159

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1159	1.00	14.82	1.42	14.82
#FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#372334

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.122 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755488',
    500: '#3c1159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1159;
$custom-light: #755488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.833,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29059,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1159

secondary

#5A9234

accent

#EB3D83

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1159

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

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