#3C1571#3C1571

#3C1571 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.145 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1571
RGB	rgb(60, 21, 113)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 81.4%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.75, 38.93, -45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.75, 59.76, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(31.73% 0.064 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(31.73% 0.145 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1115, 2.6891, 15.8693)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.03

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1571 #4A7115

analogous

#151C71 #3C1571 #6A1571

triadic

#3C1571 #713C15 #15713C

tetradic

#3C1571 #71151C #4A7115 #15716A

square

#3C1571 #71151C #4A7115 #15716A

split-complementary

#3C1571 #716A15 #1C7115

monochromatic

#0E051A #210B3D #3C1571 #571FA5 #7329D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#3C1571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3C1571 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1571

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1571	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 21, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.145 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78589b',
    500: '#3c1571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1571;
$custom-light: #78589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.435,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3173,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1571

secondary

#79A73B

accent

#EB3CA1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1571

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

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