#3C1A79#3C1A79

#3C1A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.149 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1A79
RGB	rgb(60, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.36, 38.79, -47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.36, 61.59, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(33.09% 0.0572 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(33.09% 0.149 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6831, 3.0797, 18.3805)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1A79 #57791A

analogous

#1A2879 #3C1A79 #6C1A79

triadic

#3C1A79 #793C1A #1A793C

tetradic

#3C1A79 #791A28 #57791A #1A796C

square

#3C1A79 #791A28 #57791A #1A796C

split-complementary

#3C1A79 #796C1A #28791A

monochromatic

#0C0519 #230F47 #3C1A79 #5525AB #7139D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#3C1A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#3C1A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1A79

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1A79	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.149 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795ba1',
    500: '#3c1a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1a79;
$custom-light: #795ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.474,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33092,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1A79

secondary

#87AD41

accent

#E840AC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1A79

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

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