#3C176D#3C176D

#3C176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.138 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C176D
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.70, 36.88, -42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.70, 56.51, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(31.58% 0.0633 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(31.58% 0.138 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9295, 2.6775, 14.7221)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C176D #486D17

analogous

#171D6D #3C176D #67176D

triadic

#3C176D #6D3C17 #176D3C

tetradic

#3C176D #6D171D #486D17 #176D67

square

#3C176D #6D171D #486D17 #176D67

split-complementary

#3C176D #6D6717 #1D6D17

monochromatic

#0E0519 #200C3A #3C176D #5822A0 #742CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.68

#3C176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3C176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C176D

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C176D	1.00	13.68	1.54	13.68
#FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.138 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775898',
    500: '#3c176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c176d;
$custom-light: #775898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.814,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31578,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C176D

secondary

#77A33D

accent

#E840A0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C176D

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

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