#3C17A0#3C17A0

#3C17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.196 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C17A0
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(256, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.03, 51.15, -66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.03, 83.59, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.0458 -0.1906)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.196 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5131, 4.1109, 33.5958)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C17A0 #7BA017

analogous

#1737A0 #3C17A0 #8017A0

triadic

#3C17A0 #A03C17 #17A03C

tetradic

#3C17A0 #A01737 #7BA017 #17A080

square

#3C17A0 #A01737 #7BA017 #17A080

split-complementary

#3C17A0 #A08017 #37A017

monochromatic

#140835 #280F6A #3C17A0 #501FD6 #754CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#3C17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3C17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C17A0

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C17A0	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.196 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805cbd',
    500: '#3c17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c17a0;
$custom-light: #805cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.204,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36867,
    "c": 0.19607,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C17A0

secondary

#A6C74C

accent

#F136BF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C17A0

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

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