#3C186D#3C186D

#3C186D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.137 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C186D
RGB	rgb(60, 24, 109)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 78%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.88, 36.38, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.88, 55.97, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(31.7% 0.0624 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(31.7% 0.137 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9497, 2.7180, 14.7289)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C186D #496D18

analogous

#181E6D #3C186D #66186D

triadic

#3C186D #6D3C18 #186D3C

tetradic

#3C186D #6D181E #496D18 #186D66

square

#3C186D #6D181E #496D18 #186D66

split-complementary

#3C186D #6D6618 #1E6D18

monochromatic

#0E0619 #200D3B #3C186D #58239F #732ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.60

#3C186D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3C186D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C186D

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C186D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C186D	1.00	13.60	1.54	13.60
#FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c186d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 24, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.137 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775998',
    500: '#3c186d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c186d;
$custom-light: #775998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c186d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.412,
    "s": 63.91,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31701,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C186D

secondary

#78A33E

accent

#E741A1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C186D

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

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