#3C156B#3C156B

#3C156B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.138 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C156B
RGB	rgb(60, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.18, 37.29, -42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.18, 56.44, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(31.15% 0.0658 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(31.15% 0.138 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7848, 2.5585, 14.1488)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C156B #446B15

analogous

#15196B #3C156B #67156B

triadic

#3C156B #6B3C15 #156B3C

tetradic

#3C156B #6B1519 #446B15 #156B67

square

#3C156B #6B1519 #446B15 #156B67

split-complementary

#3C156B #6B6715 #196B15

monochromatic

#0E051A #1F0B38 #3C156B #591F9E #7529D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#3C156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#3C156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C156B

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C156B	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.138 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775796',
    500: '#3c156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c156b;
$custom-light: #775796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.209,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31154,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C156B

secondary

#73A23A

accent

#EA3E9C

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C156B

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

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