#3C228F#3C228F

#3C228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.167 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C228F
RGB	rgb(60, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.96, 41.19, -55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.96, 69.35, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.28% 0.0446 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(36.28% 0.167 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3919, 4.0875, 26.3807)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C228F #758F22

analogous

#223F8F #3C228F #73228F

triadic

#3C228F #8F3C22 #228F3C

tetradic

#3C228F #8F223F #758F22 #228F73

square

#3C228F #8F223F #758F22 #228F73

split-complementary

#3C228F #8F7322 #3F8F22

monochromatic

#130A2C #27165E #3C228F #512EC0 #7455D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#3C228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3C228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C228F

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C228F	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#134057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.167 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c60b1',
    500: '#3c228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c228f;
$custom-light: #7c60b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.312,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36276,
    "c": 0.1667,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C228F

secondary

#A2BA52

accent

#E543BE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C228F

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

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