#3C208C#3C208C

#3C208C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.165 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C208C
RGB	rgb(60, 32, 140)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 77.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 41.33, -55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 68.81, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(35.72% 0.0469 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(35.72% 0.165 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1122, 3.8867, 25.1813)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C208C #708C20

analogous

#203A8C #3C208C #72208C

triadic

#3C208C #8C3C20 #208C3C

tetradic

#3C208C #8C203A #708C20 #208C72

square

#3C208C #8C203A #708C20 #208C72

split-complementary

#3C208C #8C7220 #3A8C20

monochromatic

#110928 #27155A #3C208C #512BBE #7350D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#3C208C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#3C208C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C208C

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C208C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C208C	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#173E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c208c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 32, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.165 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5faf',
    500: '#3c208c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c208c;
$custom-light: #7b5faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c208c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35718,
    "c": 0.16517,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C208C

secondary

#9EBA4E

accent

#E642BB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C208C

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

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