#3C177F#3C177F

#3C177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.159 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C177F
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.46, 41.92, -51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.46, 66.40, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(33.34% 0.0578 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(33.34% 0.159 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9995, 3.1055, 20.3579)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C177F #5A7F17

analogous

#17267F #3C177F #70177F

triadic

#3C177F #7F3C17 #177F3C

tetradic

#3C177F #7F1726 #5A7F17 #177F70

square

#3C177F #7F1726 #5A7F17 #177F70

split-complementary

#3C177F #7F7017 #267F17

monochromatic

#0C051A #240E4B #3C177F #5420B3 #7036DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#3C177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#3C177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C177F

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C177F	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.159 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a59a5',
    500: '#3c177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c177f;
$custom-light: #7a59a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.346,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33344,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C177F

secondary

#8AB43E

accent

#EC3CAD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C177F

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

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