#3C228E#3C228E

#3C228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.165 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C228E
RGB	rgb(60, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 40.89, -55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 68.80, 306.46°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.0448 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.165 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3165, 4.0573, 25.9835)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C228E #748E22

analogous

#223E8E #3C228E #72228E

triadic

#3C228E #8E3C22 #228E3C

tetradic

#3C228E #8E223E #748E22 #228E72

square

#3C228E #8E223E #748E22 #228E72

split-complementary

#3C228E #8E7222 #3E8E22

monochromatic

#120A2B #27165D #3C228E #512EBF #7454D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#3C228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#3C228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C228E

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C228E	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#144056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.165 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60b0',
    500: '#3c228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c228e;
$custom-light: #7c60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36177,
    "c": 0.16548,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C228E

secondary

#A1BA52

accent

#E443BE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C228E

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

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