#3C237A#3C237A

#3C237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.139 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C237A
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.19, 34.23, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.19, 56.93, 306.95°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0484 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.139 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9764, 3.5676, 18.7823)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C237A #617A23

analogous

#23367A #3C237A #67237A

triadic

#3C237A #7A3C23 #237A3C

tetradic

#3C237A #7A2336 #617A23 #237A67

square

#3C237A #7A2336 #617A23 #237A67

split-complementary

#3C237A #7A6723 #367A23

monochromatic

#0D081B #25154A #3C237A #5331AA #714CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#3C237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#3C237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C237A

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C237A	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.139 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860a1',
    500: '#3c237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c237a;
$custom-light: #7860a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.241,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34415,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C237A

secondary

#91AD4C

accent

#DF49B4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C237A

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

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