#3C189F#3C189F

#3C189F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.194 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C189F
RGB	rgb(60, 24, 159)
HSL	hsl(256, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 84.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 50.48, -65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 82.68, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0457 -0.1888)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.194 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4462, 4.1165, 33.1437)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C189F #7B9F18

analogous

#18379F #3C189F #7F189F

triadic

#3C189F #9F3C18 #189F3C

tetradic

#3C189F #9F1837 #7B9F18 #189F7F

square

#3C189F #9F1837 #7B9F18 #189F7F

split-complementary

#3C189F #9F7F18 #379F18

monochromatic

#140835 #28106A #3C189F #5020D4 #754DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#3C189F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3C189F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C189F

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C189F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C189F	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c189f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 24, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.194 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805cbd',
    500: '#3c189f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c189f;
$custom-light: #805cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c189f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36846,
    "c": 0.19425,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C189F

secondary

#A6C64D

accent

#F037BF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C189F

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

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