#3C1E79#3C1E79

#3C1E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.144 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C1E79
RGB	rgb(60, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.09, 36.72, -46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.09, 59.36, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(33.61% 0.0536 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(33.61% 0.144 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7780, 3.2695, 18.4121)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C1E79 #5B791E

analogous

#1E2E79 #3C1E79 #6A1E79

triadic

#3C1E79 #793C1E #1E793C

tetradic

#3C1E79 #791E2E #5B791E #1E796A

square

#3C1E79 #791E2E #5B791E #1E796A

split-complementary

#3C1E79 #796A1E #2E791E

monochromatic

#0C0619 #241248 #3C1E79 #542AAA #7041D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#3C1E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#3C1E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C1E79

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C1E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C1E79	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#283649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c1e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.144 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785da1',
    500: '#3c1e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c1e79;
$custom-light: #785da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c1e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.78,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33608,
    "c": 0.14413,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C1E79

secondary

#8BAD46

accent

#E344AF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C1E79

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

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