#3C2189#3C2189

#3C2189 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.160 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2189
RGB	rgb(60, 33, 137)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.18, 39.90, -53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.18, 66.60, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.55% 0.0469 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(35.55% 0.16 287)
XYZ	xyz(6.9213, 3.8541, 24.0413)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2189 #6E8921

analogous

#213A89 #3C2189 #702189

triadic

#3C2189 #893C21 #21893C

tetradic

#3C2189 #89213A #6E8921 #218970

square

#3C2189 #89213A #6E8921 #218970

split-complementary

#3C2189 #897021 #3A8921

monochromatic

#110926 #261558 #3C2189 #522DBA #7250D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#3C2189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#3C2189 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2189

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2189	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B3E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 33, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.160 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5fac',
    500: '#3c2189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2189;
$custom-light: #7b5fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.577,
    "s": 61.176,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35551,
    "c": 0.16043,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.03855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2189

secondary

#9CB84E

accent

#E444BB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2189

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

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