#3C227A#3C227A

#3C227A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.140 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C227A
RGB	rgb(60, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 72.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 34.80, -45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 57.55, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.27% 0.0494 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(34.27% 0.14 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9474, 3.5096, 18.7726)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C227A #607A22

analogous

#22347A #3C227A #68227A

triadic

#3C227A #7A3C22 #227A3C

tetradic

#3C227A #7A2234 #607A22 #227A68

square

#3C227A #7A2234 #607A22 #227A68

split-complementary

#3C227A #7A6822 #347A22

monochromatic

#0D071A #24154A #3C227A #542FAA #704ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#3C227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#3C227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C227A

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C227A	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.140 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785fa1',
    500: '#3c227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c227a;
$custom-light: #785fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.727,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34266,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C227A

secondary

#90AD4B

accent

#E048B3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C227A

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

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