#3C229E#3C229E

#3C229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.185 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C229E
RGB	rgb(60, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(253, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.48, 45.72, -62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.48, 77.44, 306.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0405 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.185 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6051, 4.5727, 32.7703)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C229E #849E22

analogous

#22469E #3C229E #7A229E

triadic

#3C229E #9E3C22 #229E3C

tetradic

#3C229E #9E2246 #849E22 #229E7A

square

#3C229E #9E2246 #849E22 #229E7A

split-complementary

#3C229E #9E7A22 #469E22

monochromatic

#160C39 #29176C #3C229E #4F2DD0 #795EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#3C229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#3C229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C229E

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C229E	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.185 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61bc',
    500: '#3c229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c229e;
$custom-light: #7f61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.581,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37802,
    "c": 0.18475,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C229E

secondary

#ACC15B

accent

#E840C4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C229E

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

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