#3C174E#3C174E

#3C174E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.101 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C174E
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 78)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.12, 28.59, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.12, 38.88, 317.35°)
OKLab	oklab(28.93% 0.0687 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(28.93% 0.101 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.5448, 2.1236, 7.4294)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C174E #294E17

analogous

#21174E #3C174E #4E1744

triadic

#3C174E #4E3C17 #174E3C

tetradic

#3C174E #4E2117 #294E17 #17444E

square

#3C174E #4E2117 #294E17 #17444E

split-complementary

#3C174E #444E17 #174E21

monochromatic

#120718 #18091F #3C174E #60257D #8533AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#3C174E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#3C174E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C174E

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C174E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C174E	1.00	14.74	1.42	14.74
#FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13294D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2230

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c174e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.101 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745780',
    500: '#3c174e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c174e;
$custom-light: #745780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c174e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.364,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28931,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C174E

secondary

#54853C

accent

#DE4A7A

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9EE

border

#C8C5C9

text

#08030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C174E

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