#3C1996#3C1996

#3C1996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.183 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1996
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 150)
HSL	hsl(257, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 83.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 47.54, -61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 77.64, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(35.96% 0.0484 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(35.96% 0.183 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7145, 3.8574, 29.1863)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1996 #739619

analogous

#193596 #3C1996 #7B1996

triadic

#3C1996 #963C19 #19963C

tetradic

#3C1996 #961935 #739619 #19967B

square

#3C1996 #961935 #739619 #19967B

split-complementary

#3C1996 #967B19 #359619

monochromatic

#12082D #271062 #3C1996 #5122CA #7349E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#3C1996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#3C1996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1996

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1996	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#054059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.183 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5cb6',
    500: '#3c1996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1996;
$custom-light: #7e5cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35962,
    "c": 0.18337,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1996

secondary

#A0C249

accent

#EE3ABC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1996

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

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