#3C197E#3C197E

#3C197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.156 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C197E
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.68, 40.71, -50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.68, 64.87, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(33.47% 0.0566 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(33.47% 0.156 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9759, 3.1620, 20.0301)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C197E #5B7E19

analogous

#19297E #3C197E #6F197E

triadic

#3C197E #7E3C19 #197E3C

tetradic

#3C197E #7E1929 #5B7E19 #197E6F

square

#3C197E #7E1929 #5B7E19 #197E6F

split-complementary

#3C197E #7E6F19 #297E19

monochromatic

#0C051A #240F4B #3C197E #5423B1 #703AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.86

#3C197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#3C197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C197E

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C197E	1.00	12.86	1.63	12.86
#FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.156 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5aa4',
    500: '#3c197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c197e;
$custom-light: #7a5aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.792,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33466,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C197E

secondary

#8BB241

accent

#EA3EAE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C197E

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

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