#3C185E#3C185E

#3C185E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.119 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C185E
RGB	rgb(60, 24, 94)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.56, 32.24, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.56, 47.45, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(30.36% 0.0656 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(30.36% 0.119 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2100, 2.4221, 10.8332)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C185E #3A5E18

analogous

#19185E #3C185E #5E185D

triadic

#3C185E #5E3C18 #185E3C

tetradic

#3C185E #5E1918 #3A5E18 #185D5E

square

#3C185E #5E1918 #3A5E18 #185D5E

split-complementary

#3C185E #5D5E18 #185E19

monochromatic

#100618 #1D0C2D #3C185E #5B248F #7A31C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.15

#3C185E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#3C185E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C185E

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C185E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C185E	1.00	14.15	1.48	14.15
#FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c185e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 24, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.119 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75588c',
    500: '#3c185e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c185e;
$custom-light: #75588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c185e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30359,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C185E

secondary

#68943D

accent

#E34592

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C185E

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

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