#3C1879#3C1879

#3C1879 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.151 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1879
RGB	rgb(60, 24, 121)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 80.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.02, 39.76, -48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.02, 62.64, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(32.85% 0.0589 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(32.85% 0.151 293)
XYZ	xyz(5.6403, 2.9942, 18.3662)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1879 #557918

analogous

#182479 #3C1879 #6C1879

triadic

#3C1879 #793C18 #18793C

tetradic

#3C1879 #791824 #557918 #18796C

square

#3C1879 #791824 #557918 #18796C

split-complementary

#3C1879 #796C18 #247918

monochromatic

#0D051A #230E46 #3C1879 #5522AC #7135D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#3C1879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#3C1879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1879

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1879	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 24, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.151 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795aa1',
    500: '#3c1879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1879;
$custom-light: #795aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.268,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32854,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.02994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1879

secondary

#85AE3F

accent

#EA3EAA

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1879

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

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