#3C165C#3C165C

#3C165C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.119 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C165C
RGB	rgb(60, 22, 92)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 76.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.02, 32.75, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.02, 47.46, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(29.92% 0.0683 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(29.92% 0.119 305)
XYZ	xyz(4.0817, 2.3072, 10.3534)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C165C #365C16

analogous

#19165C #3C165C #5C1659

triadic

#3C165C #5C3C16 #165C3C

tetradic

#3C165C #5C1916 #365C16 #16595C

square

#3C165C #5C1916 #365C16 #16595C

split-complementary

#3C165C #595C16 #165C19

monochromatic

#100619 #1C0A2B #3C165C #5C228D #7C2EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#3C165C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#3C165C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C165C

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C165C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C165C	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c165c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 22, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.119 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75578b',
    500: '#3c165c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c165c;
$custom-light: #75578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c165c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29923,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.02307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C165C

secondary

#63933B

accent

#E5438D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C165C

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

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