#3C174B#3C174B

#3C174B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.097 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C174B
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 75)
HSL	hsl(283, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 69.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.91, 27.84, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.91, 37.17, 318.51°)
OKLab	oklab(28.71% 0.0687 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(28.71% 0.097 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.4397, 2.0816, 6.8758)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C174B #264B17

analogous

#22174B #3C174B #4B1740

triadic

#3C174B #4B3C17 #174B3C

tetradic

#3C174B #4B2217 #264B17 #17404B

square

#3C174B #4B2217 #264B17 #17404B

split-complementary

#3C174B #404B17 #174B22

monochromatic

#130717 #17091C #3C174B #61257A #8734A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.83

#3C174B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#3C174B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C174B

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C174B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C174B	1.00	14.83	1.42	14.83
#FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05254D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16294A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B202E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c174b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.097 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74577d',
    500: '#3c174b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c174b;
$custom-light: #74577d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c174b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.692,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28708,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C174B

secondary

#50823C

accent

#DC4B75

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9EE

border

#C8C5C9

text

#08030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C174B

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

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