#3C229D#3C229D

#3C229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.184 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C229D
RGB	rgb(60, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(253, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.38, 45.42, -62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.38, 76.91, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.7% 0.0407 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(37.7% 0.184 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5194, 4.5384, 32.3188)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C229D #839D22

analogous

#22459D #3C229D #7A229D

triadic

#3C229D #9D3C22 #229D3C

tetradic

#3C229D #9D2245 #839D22 #229D7A

square

#3C229D #9D2245 #839D22 #229D7A

split-complementary

#3C229D #9D7A22 #459D22

monochromatic

#160C38 #29176B #3C229D #4F2DCF #785DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#3C229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#3C229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C229D

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C229D	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.184 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61bb',
    500: '#3c229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c229d;
$custom-light: #7e61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.683,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37699,
    "c": 0.18357,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C229D

secondary

#ABC15A

accent

#E740C4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C229D

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

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