#3C196D#3C196D

#3C196D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.136 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C196D
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.06, 35.88, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.06, 55.42, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(31.83% 0.0614 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(31.83% 0.136 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9707, 2.7599, 14.7359)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C196D #4A6D19

analogous

#19206D #3C196D #66196D

triadic

#3C196D #6D3C19 #196D3C

tetradic

#3C196D #6D1920 #4A6D19 #196D66

square

#3C196D #6D1920 #4A6D19 #196D66

split-complementary

#3C196D #6D6619 #206D19

monochromatic

#0E0619 #210E3B #3C196D #57249F #7331D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.53

#3C196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#3C196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C196D

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C196D	1.00	13.53	1.55	13.53
#FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.136 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775998',
    500: '#3c196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c196d;
$custom-light: #775998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31827,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C196D

secondary

#79A23F

accent

#E642A2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C196D

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

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