#3C177E#3C177E

#3C177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.158 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C177E
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(262, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.36, 41.64, -51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.36, 65.86, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(33.24% 0.0581 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(33.24% 0.158 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9347, 3.0796, 20.0163)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C177E #597E17

analogous

#17267E #3C177E #70177E

triadic

#3C177E #7E3C17 #177E3C

tetradic

#3C177E #7E1726 #597E17 #177E70

square

#3C177E #7E1726 #597E17 #177E70

split-complementary

#3C177E #7E7017 #267E17

monochromatic

#0C051A #230E4A #3C177E #5520B2 #7035DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#3C177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#3C177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C177E

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C177E	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.158 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a59a4',
    500: '#3c177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c177e;
$custom-light: #7a59a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.553,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33242,
    "c": 0.15771,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C177E

secondary

#89B33E

accent

#EC3CAD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C177E

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

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