#3C176B#3C176B

#3C176B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.136 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C176B
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.52, 36.33, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.52, 55.39, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(31.39% 0.0639 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(31.39% 0.136 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8230, 2.6349, 14.1615)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C176B #466B17

analogous

#171C6B #3C176B #66176B

triadic

#3C176B #6B3C17 #176B3C

tetradic

#3C176B #6B171C #466B17 #176B66

square

#3C176B #6B171C #466B17 #176B66

split-complementary

#3C176B #6B6617 #1C6B17

monochromatic

#0E0519 #200C39 #3C176B #58229D #742DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#3C176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#3C176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C176B

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C176B	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.136 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775896',
    500: '#3c176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c176b;
$custom-light: #775896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.429,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31391,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C176B

secondary

#75A13D

accent

#E8409E

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C176B

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

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