#3C196B#3C196B

#3C196B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.133 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C196B
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.87, 35.32, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.87, 54.29, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(31.64% 0.0619 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(31.64% 0.133 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8643, 2.7174, 14.1753)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C196B #486B19

analogous

#191F6B #3C196B #65196B

triadic

#3C196B #6B3C19 #196B3C

tetradic

#3C196B #6B191F #486B19 #196B65

square

#3C196B #6B191F #486B19 #196B65

split-complementary

#3C196B #6B6519 #1F6B19

monochromatic

#0E0619 #200D39 #3C196B #58259D #7430CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.61

#3C196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#3C196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C196B

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C196B	1.00	13.61	1.54	13.61
#FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.133 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775996',
    500: '#3c196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c196b;
$custom-light: #775996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.61,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31642,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C196B

secondary

#77A13F

accent

#E543A0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C196B

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

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