#3C1779#3C1779

#3C1779 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.152 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1779
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 81%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.86, 40.23, -48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.86, 63.15, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(32.74% 0.0598 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(32.74% 0.152 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6201, 2.9537, 18.3595)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1779 #547917

analogous

#172379 #3C1779 #6D1779

triadic

#3C1779 #793C17 #17793C

tetradic

#3C1779 #791723 #547917 #17796D

square

#3C1779 #791723 #547917 #17796D

split-complementary

#3C1779 #796D17 #237917

monochromatic

#0D051A #220D46 #3C1779 #5521AC #7132D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#3C1779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#3C1779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1779

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1779	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.152 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7959a1',
    500: '#3c1779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1779;
$custom-light: #7959a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.653,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3274,
    "c": 0.15194,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1779

secondary

#84AE3E

accent

#EB3DA9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1779

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

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