#3C227D#3C227D

#3C227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.144 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C227D
RGB	rgb(60, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 35.71, -47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 59.27, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.54% 0.0488 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(34.54% 0.144 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1361, 3.5851, 19.7667)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C227D #637D22

analogous

#22357D #3C227D #69227D

triadic

#3C227D #7D3C22 #227D3C

tetradic

#3C227D #7D2235 #637D22 #227D69

square

#3C227D #7D2235 #637D22 #227D69

split-complementary

#3C227D #7D6922 #357D22

monochromatic

#0E081D #25154D #3C227D #532FAD #714BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#3C227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3C227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C227D

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C227D	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.144 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795fa3',
    500: '#3c227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c227d;
$custom-light: #795fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34543,
    "c": 0.14426,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C227D

secondary

#93B04B

accent

#E047B5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C227D

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

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