#3C177A#3C177A

#3C177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.153 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C177A
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.96, 40.51, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.96, 63.69, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(32.84% 0.0594 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(32.84% 0.153 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6817, 2.9784, 18.6841)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C177A #557A17

analogous

#17237A #3C177A #6D177A

triadic

#3C177A #7A3C17 #177A3C

tetradic

#3C177A #7A1723 #557A17 #177A6D

square

#3C177A #7A1723 #557A17 #177A6D

split-complementary

#3C177A #7A6D17 #237A17

monochromatic

#0D051A #230D47 #3C177A #5521AD #7133D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.16

#3C177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#3C177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C177A

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C177A	1.00	13.16	1.60	13.16
#FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#283348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.153 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7959a1',
    500: '#3c177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c177a;
$custom-light: #7959a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.424,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3284,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C177A

secondary

#85AF3E

accent

#EB3DAA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C177A

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

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