#3C17A1#3C17A1

#3C17A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.197 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C17A1
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 161)
HSL	hsl(256, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 85.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 51.42, -66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 84.10, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.98% 0.0454 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(36.98% 0.197 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6009, 4.1461, 34.0583)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C17A1 #7CA117

analogous

#1737A1 #3C17A1 #8117A1

triadic

#3C17A1 #A13C17 #17A13C

tetradic

#3C17A1 #A11737 #7CA117 #17A181

square

#3C17A1 #A11737 #7CA117 #17A181

split-complementary

#3C17A1 #A18117 #37A117

monochromatic

#140836 #280F6B #3C17A1 #501FD7 #764DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#3C17A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#3C17A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C17A1

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C17A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C17A1	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c17a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.197 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805cbe',
    500: '#3c17a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c17a1;
$custom-light: #805cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c17a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.087,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36978,
    "c": 0.19718,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C17A1

secondary

#A6C74C

accent

#F236BF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C17A1

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

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