#3C173D#3C173D

#3C173D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.081 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C173D
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 61)
HSL	hsl(298, 45%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(298, 62%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 62.3%, 0%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.01, 24.56, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.01, 29.48, 326.41°)
OKLab	oklab(27.76% 0.0678 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(27.76% 0.081 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.0121, 1.9105, 4.6241)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C173D #183D17

analogous

#29173D #3C173D #3D172B

triadic

#3C173D #3D3C17 #173D3C

tetradic

#3C173D #3D2917 #183D17 #172B3D

square

#3C173D #3D2917 #183D17 #172B3D

split-complementary

#3C173D #2B3D17 #173D29

monochromatic

#160816 #160816 #3C173D #682869 #933996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.20

#3C173D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#3C173D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C173D

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C173D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C173D	1.00	15.20	1.38	15.20
#FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13233E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E273C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E1C27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c173d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.081 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735672',
    500: '#3c173d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c173d;
$custom-light: #735672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c173d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.421,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27762,
    "c": 0.08138,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C173D

secondary

#3E743C

accent

#D55356

background

#F7F5F6

surface

#EDE9EC

border

#C8C5C7

text

#080308

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C173D

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

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