#3C2177#3C2177

#3C2177 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.138 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2177
RGB	rgb(60, 33, 119)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 72.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 34.46, -44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 56.43, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(33.85% 0.051 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(33.85% 0.138 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7362, 3.3801, 17.7994)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2177 #5C7721

analogous

#213177 #3C2177 #672177

triadic

#3C2177 #773C21 #21773C

tetradic

#3C2177 #772131 #5C7721 #217767

square

#3C2177 #772131 #5C7721 #217767

split-complementary

#3C2177 #776721 #317721

monochromatic

#0C0718 #241447 #3C2177 #542EA7 #7047CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#3C2177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#3C2177 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2177

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2177	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 33, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.138 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785f9f',
    500: '#3c2177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2177;
$custom-light: #785f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.837,
    "s": 56.579,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33846,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2177

secondary

#8CAA4A

accent

#E048B0

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2177

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

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