#3C156F#3C156F

#3C156F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.142 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C156F
RGB	rgb(60, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.56, 38.38, -44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.56, 58.65, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(31.54% 0.0646 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(31.54% 0.143 297)
XYZ	xyz(5.0001, 2.6446, 15.2829)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C156F #486F15

analogous

#151B6F #3C156F #69156F

triadic

#3C156F #6F3C15 #156F3C

tetradic

#3C156F #6F151B #486F15 #156F69

square

#3C156F #6F151B #486F15 #156F69

split-complementary

#3C156F #6F6915 #1B6F15

monochromatic

#0E051A #200B3C #3C156F #581FA2 #7428D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.73

#3C156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#3C156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C156F

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C156F	1.00	13.73	1.53	13.73
#FFFFFF	13.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.142 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785799',
    500: '#3c156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c156f;
$custom-light: #785799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31536,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.02645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C156F

secondary

#77A53A

accent

#EB3DA0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C156F

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

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