#3C178F#3C178F

#3C178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.177 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C178F
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(259, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 46.41, -58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 74.89, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.0521 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.177 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1263, 3.5562, 26.2922)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C178F #6A8F17

analogous

#172E8F #3C178F #78178F

triadic

#3C178F #8F3C17 #178F3C

tetradic

#3C178F #8F172E #6A8F17 #178F78

square

#3C178F #8F172E #6A8F17 #178F78

split-complementary

#3C178F #8F7817 #2E8F17

monochromatic

#100626 #260F5A #3C178F #521FC4 #7140E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#3C178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3C178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C178F

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C178F	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#143C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.177 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5ab1',
    500: '#3c178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c178f;
$custom-light: #7d5ab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35014,
    "c": 0.17709,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C178F

secondary

#99C141

accent

#EF39B7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C178F

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

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