#3C2170#3C2170

#3C2170 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.129 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2170
RGB	rgb(60, 33, 112)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.90, 32.36, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.90, 52.38, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(33.22% 0.0522 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(33.22% 0.129 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3312, 3.2181, 15.6664)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 5.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2170 #557021

analogous

#212D70 #3C2170 #632170

triadic

#3C2170 #703C21 #21703C

tetradic

#3C2170 #70212D #557021 #217063

square

#3C2170 #70212D #557021 #217063

split-complementary

#3C2170 #706321 #2D7021

monochromatic

#0D0718 #231341 #3C2170 #552F9F #7144C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#3C2170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#3C2170 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2170

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2170	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00316E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 33, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.129 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775e9a',
    500: '#3c2170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2170;
$custom-light: #775e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.506,
    "s": 54.483,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3322,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2170

secondary

#85A449

accent

#DE4AAB

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2170

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

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