#3C1261#3C1261

#3C1261 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.130 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1261
RGB	rgb(60, 18, 97)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 81.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.78, 36.00, -38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.78, 52.40, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(29.89% 0.0714 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(29.89% 0.13 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2369, 2.2563, 11.5192)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1261 #376112

analogous

#151261 #3C1261 #61125E

triadic

#3C1261 #613C12 #12613C

tetradic

#3C1261 #611512 #376112 #125E61

square

#3C1261 #611512 #376112 #125E61

split-complementary

#3C1261 #5E6112 #126115

monochromatic

#10051A #1C082D #3C1261 #5C1C95 #7C25C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.47

#3C1261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#3C1261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1261

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1261	1.00	14.47	1.45	14.47
#FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#342639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 18, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.130 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76558f',
    500: '#3c1261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1261;
$custom-light: #76558f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.899,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29886,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1261

secondary

#649936

accent

#EC3C8E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1261

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

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