#3C217E#3C217E

#3C217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.147 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C217E
RGB	rgb(60, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 36.57, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 60.43, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.0496 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.147 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1721, 3.5545, 20.0955)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C217E #637E21

analogous

#21347E #3C217E #6A217E

triadic

#3C217E #7E3C21 #217E3C

tetradic

#3C217E #7E2134 #637E21 #217E6A

square

#3C217E #7E2134 #637E21 #217E6A

split-complementary

#3C217E #7E6A21 #347E21

monochromatic

#0E081D #25144E #3C217E #532EAE #714AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#3C217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3C217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C217E

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C217E	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.147 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fa4',
    500: '#3c217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c217e;
$custom-light: #795fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34493,
    "c": 0.14675,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C217E

secondary

#93B14A

accent

#E246B5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C217E

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

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