#3C156A#3C156A

#3C156A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.137 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C156A
RGB	rgb(60, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.09, 37.02, -41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.09, 55.89, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(31.06% 0.0661 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(31.06% 0.137 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7325, 2.5375, 13.8733)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C156A #436A15

analogous

#15196A #3C156A #66156A

triadic

#3C156A #6A3C15 #156A3C

tetradic

#3C156A #6A1519 #436A15 #156A66

square

#3C156A #6A1519 #436A15 #156A66

split-complementary

#3C156A #6A6615 #196A15

monochromatic

#0E051A #1F0B37 #3C156A #591F9D #7629D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.93

#3C156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#3C156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C156A

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C156A	1.00	13.93	1.51	13.93
#FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.137 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775795',
    500: '#3c156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c156a;
$custom-light: #775795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.529,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3106,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C156A

secondary

#72A13A

accent

#EA3E9B

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C156A

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

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