#3C165B#3C165B

#3C165B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.118 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C165B
RGB	rgb(60, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.94, 32.49, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.94, 46.89, 313.85°)
OKLab	oklab(29.84% 0.0685 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(29.84% 0.118 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.0383, 2.2898, 10.1247)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C165B #355B16

analogous

#19165B #3C165B #5B1658

triadic

#3C165B #5B3C16 #165B3C

tetradic

#3C165B #5B1916 #355B16 #16585B

square

#3C165B #5B1916 #355B16 #16585B

split-complementary

#3C165B #585B16 #165B19

monochromatic

#100619 #1C0A2A #3C165B #5C228C #7D2EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#3C165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#3C165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C165B

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C165B	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.118 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75578a',
    500: '#3c165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c165b;
$custom-light: #75578a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.043,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29837,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C165B

secondary

#62923B

accent

#E4448C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C165B

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

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