#3C1579#3C1579

#3C1579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.154 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1579
RGB	rgb(60, 21, 121)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(263, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 82.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.55, 41.14, -49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.55, 64.12, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(32.52% 0.0613 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(32.52% 0.154 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5819, 2.8773, 18.3467)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1579 #527915

analogous

#152079 #3C1579 #6E1579

triadic

#3C1579 #793C15 #15793C

tetradic

#3C1579 #791520 #527915 #15796E

square

#3C1579 #791520 #527915 #15796E

split-complementary

#3C1579 #796E15 #207915

monochromatic

#0D051A #220C45 #3C1579 #561EAD #712EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#3C1579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#3C1579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1579

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1579	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 21, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.154 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7958a1',
    500: '#3c1579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1579;
$custom-light: #7958a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.4,
    "s": 70.423,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32523,
    "c": 0.15392,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1579

secondary

#82AF3B

accent

#ED3BA8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1579

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

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