#3C229B#3C229B

#3C229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.181 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C229B
RGB	rgb(60, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(253, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.17, 44.82, -61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.17, 75.85, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0413 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.181 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3501, 4.4707, 31.4269)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C229B #819B22

analogous

#22449B #3C229B #79229B

triadic

#3C229B #9B3C22 #229B3C

tetradic

#3C229B #9B2244 #819B22 #229B79

square

#3C229B #9B2244 #819B22 #229B79

split-complementary

#3C229B #9B7922 #449B22

monochromatic

#150C37 #291769 #3C229B #4F2DCD #775CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#3C229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#3C229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C229B

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C229B	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.181 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61ba',
    500: '#3c229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c229b;
$custom-light: #7e61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.893,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37492,
    "c": 0.18119,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C229B

secondary

#AAC059

accent

#E741C3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C229B

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

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