#3C186E#3C186E

#3C186E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.138 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C186E
RGB	rgb(60, 24, 110)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.97, 36.66, -43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.97, 56.54, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(31.79% 0.0621 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(31.79% 0.138 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0038, 2.7396, 15.0140)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C186E #4A6E18

analogous

#181F6E #3C186E #67186E

triadic

#3C186E #6E3C18 #186E3C

tetradic

#3C186E #6E181F #4A6E18 #186E67

square

#3C186E #6E181F #4A6E18 #186E67

split-complementary

#3C186E #6E6718 #1F6E18

monochromatic

#0E0519 #210D3C #3C186E #5723A0 #732FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#3C186E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#3C186E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C186E

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C186E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C186E	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c186e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 24, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.138 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775998',
    500: '#3c186e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c186e;
$custom-light: #775998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c186e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.116,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31794,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C186E

secondary

#79A43E

accent

#E741A1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C186E

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

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