#3C229C#3C229C

#3C229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.182 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C229C
RGB	rgb(60, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(253, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 45.12, -61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 76.38, 306.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.041 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.182 283)
XYZ	xyz(8.4344, 4.5044, 31.8710)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C229C #829C22

analogous

#22459C #3C229C #79229C

triadic

#3C229C #9C3C22 #229C3C

tetradic

#3C229C #9C2245 #829C22 #229C79

square

#3C229C #9C2245 #829C22 #229C79

split-complementary

#3C229C #9C7922 #459C22

monochromatic

#150C38 #29176A #3C229C #4F2DCE #785DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#3C229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#3C229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C229C

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C229C	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.182 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61ba',
    500: '#3c229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c229c;
$custom-light: #7e61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.787,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37595,
    "c": 0.18238,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.04505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C229C

secondary

#AAC05A

accent

#E741C4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C229C

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

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