#3C197D#3C197D

#3C197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.155 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C197D
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.58, 40.42, -50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.58, 64.32, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(33.37% 0.0569 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(33.37% 0.155 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9117, 3.1364, 19.6919)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C197D #5A7D19

analogous

#19287D #3C197D #6E197D

triadic

#3C197D #7D3C19 #197D3C

tetradic

#3C197D #7D1928 #5A7D19 #197D6E

square

#3C197D #7D1928 #5A7D19 #197D6E

split-complementary

#3C197D #7D6E19 #287D19

monochromatic

#0C051A #240F4A #3C197D #5423B0 #7039D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#3C197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#3C197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C197D

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C197D	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.155 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795aa4',
    500: '#3c197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c197d;
$custom-light: #795aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33367,
    "c": 0.15455,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C197D

secondary

#8AB140

accent

#EA3EAE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C197D

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

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