#3C2182#3C2182

#3C2182 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.152 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2182
RGB	rgb(60, 33, 130)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.51, 37.78, -50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.51, 62.69, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(34.87% 0.0487 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(34.87% 0.152 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4354, 3.6598, 21.4821)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.10

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2182 #678221

analogous

#213782 #3C2182 #6D2182

triadic

#3C2182 #823C21 #21823C

tetradic

#3C2182 #822137 #678221 #21826D

square

#3C2182 #822137 #678221 #21826D

split-complementary

#3C2182 #826D21 #378221

monochromatic

#0F0820 #251551 #3C2182 #532DB3 #714CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#3C2182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3C2182 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2182

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2182	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 33, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.152 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5fa7',
    500: '#3c2182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2182;
$custom-light: #7a5fa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.701,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34873,
    "c": 0.15176,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2182

secondary

#97B44A

accent

#E345B7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2182

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

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