#3C237B#3C237B

#3C237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.140 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C237B
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.28, 34.53, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.28, 57.51, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(34.51% 0.0482 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(34.51% 0.14 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0386, 3.5925, 19.1103)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C237B #627B23

analogous

#23367B #3C237B #68237B

triadic

#3C237B #7B3C23 #237B3C

tetradic

#3C237B #7B2336 #627B23 #237B68

square

#3C237B #7B2336 #627B23 #237B68

split-complementary

#3C237B #7B6823 #367B23

monochromatic

#0E081C #25154B #3C237B #5331AB #714CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#3C237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3C237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C237B

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C237B	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.140 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7860a2',
    500: '#3c237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c237b;
$custom-light: #7860a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.045,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34506,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C237B

secondary

#92AE4C

accent

#DF49B4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C237B

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

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