#3C168D#3C168D

#3C168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.176 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C168D
RGB	rgb(60, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.79, 46.27, -58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.79, 74.28, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(34.7% 0.0535 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(34.7% 0.176 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9567, 3.4572, 25.4949)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C168D #678D16

analogous

#162B8D #3C168D #78168D

triadic

#3C168D #8D3C16 #168D3C

tetradic

#3C168D #8D162B #678D16 #168D78

square

#3C168D #8D162B #678D16 #168D78

split-complementary

#3C168D #8D7816 #2B8D16

monochromatic

#0F0523 #250E58 #3C168D #531EC2 #713DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#3C168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#3C168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C168D

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C168D	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#173B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.176 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5ab0',
    500: '#3c168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c168d;
$custom-light: #7c5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.16,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34704,
    "c": 0.17564,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C168D

secondary

#97C13E

accent

#F038B5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C168D

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

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