#3C1978#3C1978

#3C1978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.149 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1978
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(262, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.09, 39.00, -47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.09, 61.57, 309.30°)
OKLab	oklab(32.87% 0.0584 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(32.87% 0.149 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6003, 3.0118, 18.0519)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1978 #557819

analogous

#192678 #3C1978 #6B1978

triadic

#3C1978 #783C19 #19783C

tetradic

#3C1978 #781926 #557819 #19786B

square

#3C1978 #781926 #557819 #19786B

split-complementary

#3C1978 #786B19 #267819

monochromatic

#0D0519 #230E45 #3C1978 #5524AB #7136D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#3C1978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#3C1978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1978

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1978	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.149 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795aa0',
    500: '#3c1978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1978;
$custom-light: #795aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32874,
    "c": 0.14866,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1978

secondary

#85AD40

accent

#E83FAA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1978

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

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