#3C1956#3C1956

#3C1956 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.108 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1956
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 86)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 70.9%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.12, 29.55, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.12, 42.23, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(29.84% 0.0654 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(29.84% 0.108 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8905, 2.3279, 9.0467)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.67

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1956 #335619

analogous

#1E1956 #3C1956 #561952

triadic

#3C1956 #563C19 #19563C

tetradic

#3C1956 #561E19 #335619 #195256

square

#3C1956 #561E19 #335619 #195256

split-complementary

#3C1956 #525619 #19561E

monochromatic

#110718 #1B0B27 #3C1956 #5D2785 #7E35B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.33

#3C1956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#3C1956 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1956

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1956	1.00	14.33	1.47	14.33
#FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C2A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#382635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.108 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745886',
    500: '#3c1956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1956;
$custom-light: #745886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.426,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29841,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1956

secondary

#608C3E

accent

#DE4A89

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9EF

border

#C8C5CA

text

#08030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1956

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

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