#3C237D#3C237D

#3C237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.143 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C237D
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 35.14, -46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 58.66, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.0478 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.143 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1651, 3.6431, 19.7764)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C237D #647D23

analogous

#23377D #3C237D #69237D

triadic

#3C237D #7D3C23 #237D3C

tetradic

#3C237D #7D2337 #647D23 #237D69

square

#3C237D #7D2337 #647D23 #237D69

split-complementary

#3C237D #7D6923 #377D23

monochromatic

#0E081D #25164D #3C237D #5330AD #714DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#3C237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3C237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C237D

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C237D	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.143 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960a3',
    500: '#3c237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c237d;
$custom-light: #7960a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34689,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C237D

secondary

#94AF4C

accent

#E048B6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C237D

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

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