#3C198E#3C198E

#3C198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.174 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C198E
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(258, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(258, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.33, 45.27, -57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.33, 73.45, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% 0.0513 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.174 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0921, 3.6085, 25.9087)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C198E #6B8E19

analogous

#19308E #3C198E #77198E

triadic

#3C198E #8E3C19 #198E3C

tetradic

#3C198E #8E1930 #6B8E19 #198E77

square

#3C198E #8E1930 #6B8E19 #198E77

split-complementary

#3C198E #8E7719 #308E19

monochromatic

#100726 #26105A #3C198E #5222C2 #7243DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#3C198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3C198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C198E

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C198E	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#153C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.174 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5bb0',
    500: '#3c198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c198e;
$custom-light: #7c5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.949,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3511,
    "c": 0.17426,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C198E

secondary

#9ABF44

accent

#ED3BB8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C198E

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

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