#3C17B4#3C17B4

#3C17B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.218 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C17B4
RGB	rgb(60, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(254, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.36, 56.63, -74.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.36, 93.45, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.12% 0.0383 -0.2145)
OKLCH	oklch(39.12% 0.218 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4055, 4.8679, 43.5624)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C17B4 #8FB417

analogous

#1741B4 #3C17B4 #8A17B4

triadic

#3C17B4 #B43C17 #17B43C

tetradic

#3C17B4 #B41741 #8FB417 #17B48A

square

#3C17B4 #B41741 #8FB417 #17B48A

split-complementary

#3C17B4 #B48A17 #41B417

monochromatic

#180947 #2A107E #3C17B4 #5225E3 #7D5BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#3C17B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#3C17B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C17B4

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C17B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C17B4	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c17b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.218 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845dcc',
    500: '#3c17b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c17b4;
$custom-light: #845dcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c17b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.14,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39123,
    "c": 0.21795,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C17B4

secondary

#B2CE59

accent

#F434C7

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0514

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C17B4

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

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