#3C2185#3C2185

#3C2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.155 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2185
RGB	rgb(60, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.80, 38.69, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.80, 64.38, 306.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.16% 0.0479 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(35.16% 0.155 288)
XYZ	xyz(6.6397, 3.7415, 22.5581)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2185 #6A8521

analogous

#213885 #3C2185 #6E2185

triadic

#3C2185 #853C21 #21853C

tetradic

#3C2185 #852138 #6A8521 #21856E

square

#3C2185 #852138 #6A8521 #21856E

split-complementary

#3C2185 #856E21 #388521

monochromatic

#100923 #261554 #3C2185 #522DB6 #714DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#3C2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#3C2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2185

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2185	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.155 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5fa9',
    500: '#3c2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2185;
$custom-light: #7a5fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.2,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35161,
    "c": 0.15549,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.03742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2185

secondary

#99B64C

accent

#E344B8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2185

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

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