#3C168E#3C168E

#3C168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.177 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C168E
RGB	rgb(60, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 46.54, -58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 74.80, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0531 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.177 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0314, 3.4871, 25.8885)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C168E #688E16

analogous

#162C8E #3C168E #78168E

triadic

#3C168E #8E3C16 #168E3C

tetradic

#3C168E #8E162C #688E16 #168E78

square

#3C168E #8E162C #688E16 #168E78

split-complementary

#3C168E #8E7816 #2C8E16

monochromatic

#0F0624 #260E59 #3C168E #521EC3 #713DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#3C168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#3C168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C168E

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C168E	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#153B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.177 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5ab0',
    500: '#3c168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c168e;
$custom-light: #7d5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34811,
    "c": 0.17676,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C168E

secondary

#98C13F

accent

#F038B6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C168E

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

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