#3C157C#3C157C

#3C157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.157 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C157C
RGB	rgb(60, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(263, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(263, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.85, 41.97, -50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.85, 65.73, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(32.83% 0.0603 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(32.83% 0.157 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7687, 2.9520, 19.3307)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C157C #557C15

analogous

#15227C #3C157C #6F157C

triadic

#3C157C #7C3C15 #157C3C

tetradic

#3C157C #7C1522 #557C15 #157C6F

square

#3C157C #7C1522 #557C15 #157C6F

split-complementary

#3C157C #7C6F15 #227C15

monochromatic

#0D041A #230C48 #3C157C #551EB0 #7130DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#3C157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#3C157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C157C

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C157C	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.157 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a58a3',
    500: '#3c157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c157c;
$custom-light: #7a58a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.718,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32827,
    "c": 0.15732,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C157C

secondary

#85B13C

accent

#EE3AAA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C157C

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

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