#3C174D#3C174D

#3C174D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.100 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C174D
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 77)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.05, 28.34, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.05, 38.31, 317.72°)
OKLab	oklab(28.86% 0.0687 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(28.86% 0.1 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5092, 2.1094, 7.2420)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C174D #284D17

analogous

#21174D #3C174D #4D1743

triadic

#3C174D #4D3C17 #174D3C

tetradic

#3C174D #4D2117 #284D17 #17434D

square

#3C174D #4D2117 #284D17 #17434D

split-complementary

#3C174D #434D17 #174D21

monochromatic

#120718 #17091E #3C174D #61257C #8533AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.77

#3C174D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#3C174D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C174D

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C174D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C174D	1.00	14.77	1.42	14.77
#FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#02264F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14294C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A212F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c174d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.100 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74577f',
    500: '#3c174d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c174d;
$custom-light: #74577f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c174d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.111,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28856,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C174D

secondary

#52843C

accent

#DD4A79

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9EE

border

#C8C5C9

text

#08030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C174D

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

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