#3C196F#3C196F

#3C196F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.138 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C196F
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 111)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 77.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.24, 36.44, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.24, 56.55, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(32.01% 0.0609 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(32.01% 0.138 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0796, 2.8035, 15.3093)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C196F #4C6F19

analogous

#19216F #3C196F #67196F

triadic

#3C196F #6F3C19 #196F3C

tetradic

#3C196F #6F1921 #4C6F19 #196F67

square

#3C196F #6F1921 #4C6F19 #196F67

split-complementary

#3C196F #6F6719 #216F19

monochromatic

#0E0619 #210E3D #3C196F #5724A1 #7232D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.45

#3C196F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#3C196F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C196F

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C196F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C196F	1.00	13.45	1.56	13.45
#FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c196f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.138 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775999',
    500: '#3c196f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c196f;
$custom-light: #775999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c196f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.419,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32013,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C196F

secondary

#7BA43F

accent

#E642A3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C196F

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

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