#3C175E#3C175E

#3C175E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.120 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C175E
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.37, 32.77, -35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.37, 48.03, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(30.23% 0.0668 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(30.23% 0.12 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1898, 2.3816, 10.8265)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C175E #395E17

analogous

#19175E #3C175E #5E175C

triadic

#3C175E #5E3C17 #175E3C

tetradic

#3C175E #5E1917 #395E17 #175C5E

square

#3C175E #5E1917 #395E17 #175C5E

split-complementary

#3C175E #5C5E17 #175E19

monochromatic

#100619 #1D0B2D #3C175E #5B238F #7B2FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#3C175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#3C175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C175E

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C175E	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.120 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75588c',
    500: '#3c175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c175e;
$custom-light: #75588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.268,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30225,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C175E

secondary

#67953C

accent

#E44491

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C175E

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

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