#3C166E#3C166E

#3C166E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.140 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C166E
RGB	rgb(60, 22, 110)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 80%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.63, 37.64, -43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.63, 57.59, 310.81°)
OKLab	oklab(31.56% 0.064 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(31.56% 0.14 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9641, 2.6602, 15.0007)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C166E #486E16

analogous

#161C6E #3C166E #68166E

triadic

#3C166E #6E3C16 #166E3C

tetradic

#3C166E #6E161C #486E16 #166E68

square

#3C166E #6E161C #486E16 #166E68

split-complementary

#3C166E #6E6816 #1C6E16

monochromatic

#0E051A #200C3B #3C166E #5820A1 #742AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#3C166E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#3C166E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C166E

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C166E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C166E	1.00	13.71	1.53	13.71
#FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c166e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 22, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.140 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775898',
    500: '#3c166e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c166e;
$custom-light: #775898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c166e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.909,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31555,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C166E

secondary

#77A43C

accent

#EA3EA0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C166E

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

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