#3C218E#3C218E

#3C218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.167 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C218E
RGB	rgb(60, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(255, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(255, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 41.41, -55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 69.36, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.0456 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.167 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2883, 4.0009, 25.9742)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C218E #738E21

analogous

#213D8E #3C218E #73218E

triadic

#3C218E #8E3C21 #218E3C

tetradic

#3C218E #8E213D #738E21 #218E73

square

#3C218E #8E213D #738E21 #218E73

split-complementary

#3C218E #8E7321 #3D8E21

monochromatic

#120A2B #27155C #3C218E #512DC0 #7352D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#3C218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#3C218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C218E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C218E	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#144056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.167 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60b0',
    500: '#3c218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c218e;
$custom-light: #7c60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.862,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36046,
    "c": 0.16654,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C218E

secondary

#A0BA50

accent

#E542BD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C218E

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

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