#3C156C#3C156C

#3C156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.139 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C156C
RGB	rgb(60, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.27, 37.56, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.27, 57.00, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(31.25% 0.0655 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(31.25% 0.139 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8377, 2.5796, 14.4275)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C156C #456C15

analogous

#15196C #3C156C #68156C

triadic

#3C156C #6C3C15 #156C3C

tetradic

#3C156C #6C1519 #456C15 #156C68

square

#3C156C #6C1519 #456C15 #156C68

split-complementary

#3C156C #6C6815 #196C15

monochromatic

#0E051A #200B39 #3C156C #581F9F #7529D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#3C156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#3C156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C156C

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C156C	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.139 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775797',
    500: '#3c156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c156c;
$custom-light: #775797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31249,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C156C

secondary

#74A33A

accent

#EA3D9D

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C156C

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

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