#3C157E#3C157E

#3C157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.160 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C157E
RGB	rgb(60, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(262, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(262, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.06, 42.52, -51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.06, 66.81, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(33.03% 0.0596 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(33.03% 0.16 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8965, 3.0031, 20.0036)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C157E #577E15

analogous

#15227E #3C157E #71157E

triadic

#3C157E #7E3C15 #157E3C

tetradic

#3C157E #7E1522 #577E15 #157E71

square

#3C157E #7E1522 #577E15 #157E71

split-complementary

#3C157E #7E7115 #227E15

monochromatic

#0C041A #230C4A #3C157E #551EB2 #7131DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.12

#3C157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#3C157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C157E

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C157E	1.00	13.12	1.60	13.12
#FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.160 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a58a4',
    500: '#3c157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c157e;
$custom-light: #7a58a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33032,
    "c": 0.15959,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C157E

secondary

#87B33C

accent

#EE3AAB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C157E

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

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