#3C175C#3C175C

#3C175C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.118 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C175C
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 92)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.21, 32.23, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.21, 46.89, 313.43°)
OKLab	oklab(30.05% 0.0671 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(30.05% 0.118 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1012, 2.3462, 10.3599)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C175C #375C17

analogous

#1A175C #3C175C #5C1759

triadic

#3C175C #5C3C17 #175C3C

tetradic

#3C175C #5C1A17 #375C17 #17595C

square

#3C175C #5C1A17 #375C17 #17595C

split-complementary

#3C175C #595C17 #175C1A

monochromatic

#100618 #1C0B2B #3C175C #5C238D #7C2FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#3C175C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#3C175C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C175C

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C175C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C175C	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c175c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.118 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75578b',
    500: '#3c175c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c175c;
$custom-light: #75578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c175c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.174,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30054,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C175C

secondary

#64933C

accent

#E3458E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C175C

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

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