#3C174F#3C174F

#3C174F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.102 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C174F
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 79)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 70.9%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.20, 28.84, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.20, 39.45, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(29.01% 0.0686 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(29.01% 0.102 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.5809, 2.1381, 7.6197)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C174F #2A4F17

analogous

#20174F #3C174F #4F1746

triadic

#3C174F #4F3C17 #174F3C

tetradic

#3C174F #4F2017 #2A4F17 #17464F

square

#3C174F #4F2017 #2A4F17 #17464F

split-complementary

#3C174F #464F17 #174F20

monochromatic

#120718 #180920 #3C174F #60257E #8433AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.71

#3C174F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#3C174F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C174F

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C174F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C174F	1.00	14.71	1.43	14.71
#FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12294E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A2230

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c174f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.102 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745781',
    500: '#3c174f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c174f;
$custom-light: #745781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c174f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.643,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29007,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C174F

secondary

#55863C

accent

#DE4A7C

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9EE

border

#C8C5C9

text

#08030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C174F

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

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