#3C176F#3C176F

#3C176F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.140 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C176F
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 111)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.89, 37.44, -43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.89, 57.63, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(31.77% 0.0628 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(31.77% 0.14 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0384, 2.7210, 15.2956)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C176F #4A6F17

analogous

#171E6F #3C176F #68176F

triadic

#3C176F #6F3C17 #176F3C

tetradic

#3C176F #6F171E #4A6F17 #176F68

square

#3C176F #6F171E #4A6F17 #176F68

split-complementary

#3C176F #6F6817 #1E6F17

monochromatic

#0E0519 #210C3C #3C176F #5722A2 #732DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.60

#3C176F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3C176F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C176F

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C176F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C176F	1.00	13.60	1.54	13.60
#FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c176f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.140 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775899',
    500: '#3c176f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c176f;
$custom-light: #775899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c176f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.227,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31767,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C176F

secondary

#79A53D

accent

#E93FA1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C176F

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

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