#3C237E#3C237E

#3C237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.144 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C237E
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.54, 35.45, -47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.54, 59.23, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(34.78% 0.0476 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(34.78% 0.144 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2293, 3.6688, 20.1145)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C237E #657E23

analogous

#23377E #3C237E #6A237E

triadic

#3C237E #7E3C23 #237E3C

tetradic

#3C237E #7E2337 #657E23 #237E6A

square

#3C237E #7E2337 #657E23 #237E6A

split-complementary

#3C237E #7E6A23 #377E23

monochromatic

#0E081E #25164E #3C237E #5330AE #714ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#3C237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3C237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C237E

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C237E	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.144 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960a4',
    500: '#3c237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c237e;
$custom-light: #7960a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.484,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34782,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C237E

secondary

#95B04C

accent

#E048B6

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C237E

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

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