#3C199E#3C199E

#3C199E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.192 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C199E
RGB	rgb(60, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(256, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.08, 49.80, -64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.08, 81.75, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0456 -0.1869)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.192 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3808, 4.1240, 32.6955)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C199E #7B9E19

analogous

#19399E #3C199E #7E199E

triadic

#3C199E #9E3C19 #199E3C

tetradic

#3C199E #9E1939 #7B9E19 #199E7E

square

#3C199E #9E1939 #7B9E19 #199E7E

split-complementary

#3C199E #9E7E19 #399E19

monochromatic

#140834 #281169 #3C199E #5021D3 #754EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#3C199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#3C199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C199E

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C199E	1.00	11.51	1.83	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.192 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5dbc',
    500: '#3c199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c199e;
$custom-light: #7f5dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3683,
    "c": 0.1924,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C199E

secondary

#A6C54E

accent

#EF38BF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C199E

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

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