#3C1259#3C1259

#3C1259 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.121 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1259
RGB	rgb(60, 18, 89)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 79.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.08, 33.93, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.08, 47.95, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(29.17% 0.0734 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(29.17% 0.121 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.8826, 2.1146, 9.6529)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1259 #2F5912

analogous

#181259 #3C1259 #591252

triadic

#3C1259 #593C12 #12593C

tetradic

#3C1259 #591812 #2F5912 #125259

square

#3C1259 #591812 #2F5912 #125259

split-complementary

#3C1259 #525912 #125918

monochromatic

#110519 #1A0826 #3C1259 #5E1C8C #8127BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.76

#3C1259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#3C1259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1259

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1259	1.00	14.76	1.42	14.76
#FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#372334

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 18, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.121 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755588',
    500: '#3c1259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1259;
$custom-light: #755588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.493,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29173,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1259

secondary

#5B9235

accent

#E93F84

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1259

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

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