#3C177D#3C177D

#3C177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.157 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C177D
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(262, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.26, 41.36, -50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.26, 65.32, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(33.14% 0.0585 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(33.14% 0.157 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8705, 3.0539, 19.6782)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C177D #587D17

analogous

#17257D #3C177D #6F177D

triadic

#3C177D #7D3C17 #177D3C

tetradic

#3C177D #7D1725 #587D17 #177D6F

square

#3C177D #7D1725 #587D17 #177D6F

split-complementary

#3C177D #7D6F17 #257D17

monochromatic

#0C051A #230D49 #3C177D #5521B1 #7135DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.04

#3C177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#3C177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C177D

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C177D	1.00	13.04	1.61	13.04
#FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.157 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a59a4',
    500: '#3c177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c177d;
$custom-light: #7a59a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.765,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33141,
    "c": 0.15656,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C177D

secondary

#88B23E

accent

#EC3CAC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C177D

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

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