#3C165A#3C165A

#3C165A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.117 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C165A
RGB	rgb(60, 22, 90)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 75.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.86, 32.22, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.86, 46.32, 314.08°)
OKLab	oklab(29.75% 0.0687 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(29.75% 0.117 306)
XYZ	xyz(3.9954, 2.2727, 9.8991)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C165A #345A16

analogous

#1A165A #3C165A #5A1656

triadic

#3C165A #5A3C16 #165A3C

tetradic

#3C165A #5A1A16 #345A16 #16565A

square

#3C165A #5A1A16 #345A16 #16565A

split-complementary

#3C165A #565A16 #165A1A

monochromatic

#100619 #1B0A29 #3C165A #5D228B #7E2EBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#3C165A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#3C165A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C165A

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C165A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C165A	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#012A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#372636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c165a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 22, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.117 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755789',
    500: '#3c165a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c165a;
$custom-light: #755789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c165a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29753,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.02273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C165A

secondary

#61913B

accent

#E4448A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C165A

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

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