#3C197C#3C197C

#3C197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.153 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C197C
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.48, 40.14, -49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.48, 63.77, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% 0.0572 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.153 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8482, 3.1109, 19.3572)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C197C #597C19

analogous

#19287C #3C197C #6E197C

triadic

#3C197C #7C3C19 #197C3C

tetradic

#3C197C #7C1928 #597C19 #197C6E

square

#3C197C #7C1928 #597C19 #197C6E

split-complementary

#3C197C #7C6E19 #287C19

monochromatic

#0C0519 #230F49 #3C197C #5523AF #7038D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#3C197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#3C197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C197C

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C197C	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.153 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795aa3',
    500: '#3c197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c197c;
$custom-light: #795aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.212,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33267,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C197C

secondary

#89B040

accent

#E93EAD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C197C

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

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