#3C156E#3C156E

#3C156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.141 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C156E
RGB	rgb(60, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.46, 38.11, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.46, 58.10, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(31.44% 0.0649 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(31.44% 0.141 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9454, 2.6227, 14.9945)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C156E #476E15

analogous

#151A6E #3C156E #68156E

triadic

#3C156E #6E3C15 #156E3C

tetradic

#3C156E #6E151A #476E15 #156E68

square

#3C156E #6E151A #476E15 #156E68

split-complementary

#3C156E #6E6815 #1A6E15

monochromatic

#0E051A #200B3B #3C156E #581FA1 #7429D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#3C156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#3C156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C156E

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C156E	1.00	13.77	1.52	13.77
#FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.141 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785798',
    500: '#3c156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c156e;
$custom-light: #785798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.292,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3144,
    "c": 0.14135,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C156E

secondary

#76A43A

accent

#EB3D9F

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C156E

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

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