#3C115C#3C115C

#3C115C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.126 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C115C
RGB	rgb(60, 17, 92)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 81.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.18, 35.16, -35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.18, 50.12, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(29.32% 0.0737 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(29.32% 0.126 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9953, 2.1343, 10.3246)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C115C #315C11

analogous

#17115C #3C115C #5C1157

triadic

#3C115C #5C3C11 #115C3C

tetradic

#3C115C #5C1711 #315C11 #11575C

square

#3C115C #5C1711 #315C11 #11575C

split-complementary

#3C115C #575C11 #115C17

monochromatic

#11051A #1A0728 #3C115C #5E1B90 #7F24C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.72

#3C115C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#3C115C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C115C

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C115C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C115C	1.00	14.72	1.43	14.72
#FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c115c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 17, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.126 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76548b',
    500: '#3c115c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c115c;
$custom-light: #76548b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c115c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.4,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29324,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C115C

secondary

#5D9534

accent

#EC3C87

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C115C

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

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