#3C197B#3C197B

#3C197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.152 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C197B
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.38, 39.85, -49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.38, 63.22, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% 0.0575 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.152 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7853, 3.0858, 19.0258)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C197B #587B19

analogous

#19277B #3C197B #6D197B

triadic

#3C197B #7B3C19 #197B3C

tetradic

#3C197B #7B1927 #587B19 #197B6D

square

#3C197B #7B1927 #587B19 #197B6D

split-complementary

#3C197B #7B6D19 #277B19

monochromatic

#0C0519 #230F48 #3C197B #5523AE #7138D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.99

#3C197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#3C197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C197B

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C197B	1.00	12.99	1.62	12.99
#FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#273449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.152 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795aa2',
    500: '#3c197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c197b;
$custom-light: #795aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33168,
    "c": 0.1522,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C197B

secondary

#88AF40

accent

#E93FAC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C197B

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

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