#3C16A0#3C16A0

#3C16A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.197 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C16A0
RGB	rgb(60, 22, 160)
HSL	hsl(257, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 86.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.91, 51.52, -66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.91, 83.99, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0463 -0.1912)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.197 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4936, 4.0720, 33.5893)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C16A0 #7AA016

analogous

#1635A0 #3C16A0 #8116A0

triadic

#3C16A0 #A03C16 #16A03C

tetradic

#3C16A0 #A01635 #7AA016 #16A081

square

#3C16A0 #A01635 #7AA016 #16A081

split-complementary

#3C16A0 #A08116 #35A016

monochromatic

#140734 #280F6A #3C16A0 #501DD6 #754AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#3C16A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#3C16A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C16A0

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C16A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C16A0	1.00	11.57	1.81	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00349E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c16a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 22, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.197 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805bbd',
    500: '#3c16a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c16a0;
$custom-light: #805bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c16a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3678,
    "c": 0.19675,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C16A0

secondary

#A5C84A

accent

#F235BE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C16A0

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

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