#3C196E#3C196E

#3C196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.137 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C196E
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.15, 36.16, -42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.15, 55.99, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(31.92% 0.0611 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(31.92% 0.137 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0248, 2.7816, 15.0210)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C196E #4B6E19

analogous

#19216E #3C196E #67196E

triadic

#3C196E #6E3C19 #196E3C

tetradic

#3C196E #6E1921 #4B6E19 #196E67

square

#3C196E #6E1921 #4B6E19 #196E67

split-complementary

#3C196E #6E6719 #216E19

monochromatic

#0E0619 #210E3C #3C196E #5724A0 #7331D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#3C196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#3C196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C196E

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C196E	1.00	13.49	1.56	13.49
#FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.137 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775998',
    500: '#3c196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c196e;
$custom-light: #775998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3192,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C196E

secondary

#7AA33F

accent

#E642A2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C196E

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

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