#3C159F#3C159F

#3C159F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.196 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C159F
RGB	rgb(60, 21, 159)
HSL	hsl(257, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 86.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 51.61, -66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 83.88, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0471 -0.1906)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.196 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3877, 3.9996, 33.1242)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C159F #789F15

analogous

#15339F #3C159F #81159F

triadic

#3C159F #9F3C15 #159F3C

tetradic

#3C159F #9F1533 #789F15 #159F81

square

#3C159F #9F1533 #789F15 #159F81

split-complementary

#3C159F #9F8115 #339F15

monochromatic

#130733 #280E69 #3C159F #501CD5 #7548E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#3C159F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#3C159F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C159F

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C159F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C159F	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00349D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c159f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 21, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.196 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805bbd',
    500: '#3c159f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c159f;
$custom-light: #805bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c159f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.957,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36585,
    "c": 0.19633,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C159F

secondary

#A4C848

accent

#F335BD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C159F

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

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