#3C1872#3C1872

#3C1872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.143 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1872
RGB	rgb(60, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(264, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(264, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.34, 37.79, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.34, 58.77, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(32.17% 0.061 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(32.17% 0.143 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2266, 2.8287, 16.1869)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1872 #4E7218

analogous

#182172 #3C1872 #691872

triadic

#3C1872 #723C18 #18723C

tetradic

#3C1872 #721821 #4E7218 #187269

square

#3C1872 #721821 #4E7218 #187269

split-complementary

#3C1872 #726918 #217218

monochromatic

#0D0519 #210D3F #3C1872 #5723A5 #7231D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.41

#3C1872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#3C1872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1872

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1872	1.00	13.41	1.57	13.41
#FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.143 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78599b',
    500: '#3c1872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1872;
$custom-light: #78599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32173,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1872

secondary

#7DA73E

accent

#E840A5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1872

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

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