#3C157F#3C157F

#3C157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.161 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C157F
RGB	rgb(60, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(262, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.16, 42.79, -51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.16, 67.34, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(33.14% 0.0592 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(33.14% 0.161 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9613, 3.0291, 20.3451)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C157F #587F15

analogous

#15237F #3C157F #71157F

triadic

#3C157F #7F3C15 #157F3C

tetradic

#3C157F #7F1523 #587F15 #157F71

square

#3C157F #7F1523 #587F15 #157F71

split-complementary

#3C157F #7F7115 #237F15

monochromatic

#0C041A #230C4A #3C157F #551EB4 #7131DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.08

#3C157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#3C157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C157F

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C157F	1.00	13.08	1.61	13.08
#FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.161 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a58a5',
    500: '#3c157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c157f;
$custom-light: #7a58a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.075,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33135,
    "c": 0.16072,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C157F

secondary

#88B43C

accent

#EE39AC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C157F

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

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