#3C175D#3C175D

#3C175D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.119 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C175D
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 93)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 75.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.29, 32.50, -34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.29, 47.46, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(30.14% 0.067 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(30.14% 0.119 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1452, 2.3638, 10.5917)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C175D #385D17

analogous

#19175D #3C175D #5D175B

triadic

#3C175D #5D3C17 #175D3C

tetradic

#3C175D #5D1917 #385D17 #175B5D

square

#3C175D #5D1917 #385D17 #175B5D

split-complementary

#3C175D #5B5D17 #175D19

monochromatic

#100619 #1C0B2C #3C175D #5C238E #7B2FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#3C175D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#3C175D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C175D

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C175D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C175D	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c175d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.119 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75578b',
    500: '#3c175d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c175d;
$custom-light: #75578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c175d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.714,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30139,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C175D

secondary

#65943C

accent

#E3448F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C175D

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

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