#3C236A#3C236A

#3C236A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.118 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C236A
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(261, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.84, 29.37, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.84, 47.54, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(33.02% 0.0506 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(33.02% 0.118 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0653, 3.2032, 13.9843)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 6.36

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C236A #516A23

analogous

#232D6A #3C236A #60236A

triadic

#3C236A #6A3C23 #236A3C

tetradic

#3C236A #6A232D #516A23 #236A60

square

#3C236A #6A232D #516A23 #236A60

split-complementary

#3C236A #6A6023 #2D6A23

monochromatic

#0D0817 #22143C #3C236A #563298 #7146C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#3C236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#3C236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C236A

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C236A	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#303343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.118 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#765f95',
    500: '#3c236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c236a;
$custom-light: #765f95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.127,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33023,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C236A

secondary

#819D4B

accent

#DA4EA9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C236A

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

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