#3C196A#3C196A

#3C196A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.132 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C196A
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.79, 35.03, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.79, 53.72, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(31.55% 0.0621 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(31.55% 0.132 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8120, 2.6965, 13.8998)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C196A #476A19

analogous

#191E6A #3C196A #64196A

triadic

#3C196A #6A3C19 #196A3C

tetradic

#3C196A #6A191E #476A19 #196A64

square

#3C196A #6A191E #476A19 #196A64

split-complementary

#3C196A #6A6419 #1E6A19

monochromatic

#0E0619 #200D38 #3C196A #58259C #7430CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#3C196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3C196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C196A

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C196A	1.00	13.64	1.54	13.64
#FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.132 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775995',
    500: '#3c196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c196a;
$custom-light: #775995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.926,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31551,
    "c": 0.13193,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C196A

secondary

#76A03F

accent

#E5439F

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C196A

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

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