#3C177B#3C177B

#3C177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.154 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C177B
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.06, 40.79, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.06, 64.24, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(32.94% 0.0591 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(32.94% 0.154 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7440, 3.0033, 19.0121)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C177B #567B17

analogous

#17247B #3C177B #6E177B

triadic

#3C177B #7B3C17 #177B3C

tetradic

#3C177B #7B1724 #567B17 #177B6E

square

#3C177B #7B1724 #567B17 #177B6E

split-complementary

#3C177B #7B6E17 #247B17

monochromatic

#0D051A #230D47 #3C177B #5521AF #7133D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.12

#3C177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#3C177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C177B

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C177B	1.00	13.12	1.60	13.12
#FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.154 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7959a2',
    500: '#3c177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c177b;
$custom-light: #7959a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3294,
    "c": 0.15425,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C177B

secondary

#86B03E

accent

#EB3CAB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C177B

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

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