#3C176E#3C176E

#3C176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.139 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C176E
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.80, 37.16, -43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.80, 57.07, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(31.67% 0.0631 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(31.67% 0.139 297)
XYZ	xyz(4.9836, 2.6991, 15.0072)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C176E #496E17

analogous

#171D6E #3C176E #67176E

triadic

#3C176E #6E3C17 #176E3C

tetradic

#3C176E #6E171D #496E17 #176E67

square

#3C176E #6E171D #496E17 #176E67

split-complementary

#3C176E #6E6717 #1D6E17

monochromatic

#0E0519 #200C3B #3C176E #5822A1 #732CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#3C176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3C176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C176E

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C176E	1.00	13.64	1.54	13.64
#FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.139 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775898',
    500: '#3c176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c176e;
$custom-light: #775898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.517,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31673,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.02699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C176E

secondary

#78A43D

accent

#E83FA1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C176E

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

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