#3C165E#3C165E

#3C165E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.122 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C165E
RGB	rgb(60, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.19, 33.29, -35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.19, 48.60, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(30.1% 0.0679 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(30.1% 0.122 304)
XYZ	xyz(4.1703, 2.3426, 10.8200)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C165E #385E16

analogous

#18165E #3C165E #5E165C

triadic

#3C165E #5E3C16 #165E3C

tetradic

#3C165E #5E1816 #385E16 #165C5E

square

#3C165E #5E1816 #385E16 #165C5E

split-complementary

#3C165E #5C5E16 #165E18

monochromatic

#100619 #1C0A2C #3C165E #5C2290 #7B2DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.30

#3C165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#3C165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C165E

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C165E	1.00	14.30	1.47	14.30
#FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.122 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75578c',
    500: '#3c165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c165e;
$custom-light: #75578c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30095,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.02343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C165E

secondary

#65953B

accent

#E5438F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C165E

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

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