#3C175A#3C175A

#3C175A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.115 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C175A
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.04, 31.70, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.04, 45.74, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(29.89% 0.0675 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(29.89% 0.115 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0149, 2.3117, 9.9056)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C175A #355A17

analogous

#1A175A #3C175A #5A1757

triadic

#3C175A #5A3C17 #175A3C

tetradic

#3C175A #5A1A17 #355A17 #17575A

square

#3C175A #5A1A17 #355A17 #17575A

split-complementary

#3C175A #575A17 #175A1A

monochromatic

#100618 #1C0B29 #3C175A #5C238B #7D30BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#3C175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#3C175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C175A

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C175A	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#022A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#372636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.115 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755789',
    500: '#3c175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c175a;
$custom-light: #755789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.134,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29886,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C175A

secondary

#62913C

accent

#E2458C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C175A

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

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