#3C208B#3C208B

#3C208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.164 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C208B
RGB	rgb(60, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 41.03, -54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 68.26, 306.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.0472 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.164 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0388, 3.8574, 24.7947)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C208B #6F8B20

analogous

#20398B #3C208B #71208B

triadic

#3C208B #8B3C20 #208B3C

tetradic

#3C208B #8B2039 #6F8B20 #208B71

square

#3C208B #8B2039 #6F8B20 #208B71

split-complementary

#3C208B #8B7120 #398B20

monochromatic

#110928 #271559 #3C208B #512BBD #724FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#3C208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#3C208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C208B

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C208B	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)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#193E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.164 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5fae',
    500: '#3c208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c208b;
$custom-light: #7b5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.701,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35619,
    "c": 0.16395,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C208B

secondary

#9DBA4D

accent

#E642BB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C208B

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

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