#3C1255#3C1255

#3C1255 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.117 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1255
RGB	rgb(60, 18, 85)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 78.8%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.74, 32.92, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.74, 45.72, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(28.83% 0.0741 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(28.83% 0.117 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.7192, 2.0492, 8.7922)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1255 #2B5512

analogous

#1A1255 #3C1255 #55124C

triadic

#3C1255 #553C12 #12553C

tetradic

#3C1255 #551A12 #2B5512 #124C55

square

#3C1255 #551A12 #2B5512 #124C55

split-complementary

#3C1255 #4C5512 #12551A

monochromatic

#120519 #180722 #3C1255 #601D88 #8327BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.90

#3C1255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#3C1255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1255

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1255	1.00	14.90	1.41	14.90
#FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#042854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382132

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 18, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.117 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755485',
    500: '#3c1255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1255;
$custom-light: #755485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.612,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28831,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1255

secondary

#568E35

accent

#E8407F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9EF

border

#C8C5CA

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1255

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

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