#3C176C#3C176C

#3C176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.137 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C176C
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.61, 36.60, -42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.61, 55.95, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(31.48% 0.0636 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(31.48% 0.137 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8759, 2.6561, 14.4402)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C176C #476C17

analogous

#171C6C #3C176C #66176C

triadic

#3C176C #6C3C17 #176C3C

tetradic

#3C176C #6C171C #476C17 #176C66

square

#3C176C #6C171C #476C17 #176C66

split-complementary

#3C176C #6C6617 #1C6C17

monochromatic

#0E0519 #200C3A #3C176C #58229E #742CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#3C176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#3C176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C176C

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C176C	1.00	13.71	1.53	13.71
#FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.137 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775897',
    500: '#3c176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c176c;
$custom-light: #775897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.118,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31484,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C176C

secondary

#76A23D

accent

#E8409F

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C176C

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

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