#3C2181#3C2181

#3C2181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.151 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2181
RGB	rgb(60, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 74.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.42, 37.48, -49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.42, 62.13, 307.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.78% 0.0489 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(34.78% 0.151 289)
XYZ	xyz(6.3686, 3.6331, 21.1303)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2181 #668121

analogous

#213681 #3C2181 #6C2181

triadic

#3C2181 #813C21 #21813C

tetradic

#3C2181 #812136 #668121 #21816C

square

#3C2181 #812136 #668121 #21816C

split-complementary

#3C2181 #816C21 #368121

monochromatic

#0F0820 #251550 #3C2181 #532DB2 #714BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#3C2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3C2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2181

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2181	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.151 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fa6',
    500: '#3c2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2181;
$custom-light: #795fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34777,
    "c": 0.15052,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.03633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2181

secondary

#96B44A

accent

#E245B6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2181

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

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