#3C2183#3C2183

#3C2183 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.153 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2183
RGB	rgb(60, 33, 131)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 38.09, -50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 63.26, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0484 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.153 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5029, 3.6868, 21.8373)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.17

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2183 #688321

analogous

#213783 #3C2183 #6D2183

triadic

#3C2183 #833C21 #21833C

tetradic

#3C2183 #832137 #688321 #21836D

square

#3C2183 #832137 #688321 #21836D

split-complementary

#3C2183 #836D21 #378321

monochromatic

#0F0821 #261552 #3C2183 #522DB4 #714CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#3C2183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#3C2183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2183

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2183	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 33, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.153 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5fa8',
    500: '#3c2183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2183;
$custom-light: #7a5fa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.531,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34969,
    "c": 0.15301,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2183

secondary

#98B54B

accent

#E345B7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2183

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

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