#3C169E#3C169E

#3C169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.195 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C169E
RGB	rgb(60, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(257, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.68, 50.97, -65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.68, 82.99, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.047 -0.1888)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.195 284)
XYZ	xyz(8.3200, 4.0025, 32.6753)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C169E #789E16

analogous

#16349E #3C169E #80169E

triadic

#3C169E #9E3C16 #169E3C

tetradic

#3C169E #9E1634 #789E16 #169E80

square

#3C169E #9E1634 #789E16 #169E80

split-complementary

#3C169E #9E8016 #349E16

monochromatic

#130733 #280F68 #3C169E #501DD4 #7549E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#3C169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#3C169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C169E

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C169E	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00349C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.195 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805bbc',
    500: '#3c169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c169e;
$custom-light: #805bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.765,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36558,
    "c": 0.19456,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.04003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C169E

secondary

#A4C749

accent

#F236BD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C169E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →