#3C2197#3C2197

#3C2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.177 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2197
RGB	rgb(60, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(254, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(254, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.58, 44.12, -59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.58, 74.23, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.0431 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.177 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9915, 4.2822, 29.6776)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2197 #7C9721

analogous

#214197 #3C2197 #772197

triadic

#3C2197 #973C21 #21973C

tetradic

#3C2197 #972141 #7C9721 #219777

square

#3C2197 #972141 #7C9721 #219777

split-complementary

#3C2197 #977721 #419721

monochromatic

#140B33 #281665 #3C2197 #502CC9 #7658DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#3C2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#3C2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2197

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2197	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.177 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60b7',
    500: '#3c2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2197;
$custom-light: #7d60b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.729,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36958,
    "c": 0.17738,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2197

secondary

#A6BE55

accent

#E741C1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2197

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

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