#3C237F#3C237F

#3C237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.146 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C237F
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 35.76, -47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 59.80, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.87% 0.0474 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(34.87% 0.146 289)
XYZ	xyz(6.2942, 3.6947, 20.4561)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.27

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C237F #667F23

analogous

#23387F #3C237F #6A237F

triadic

#3C237F #7F3C23 #237F3C

tetradic

#3C237F #7F2338 #667F23 #237F6A

square

#3C237F #7F2338 #667F23 #237F6A

split-complementary

#3C237F #7F6A23 #387F23

monochromatic

#0F091F #25164F #3C237F #5330AF #714ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#3C237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#3C237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C237F

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C237F	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.146 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7960a5',
    500: '#3c237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c237f;
$custom-light: #7960a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.304,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34874,
    "c": 0.14556,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.03695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C237F

secondary

#96B14C

accent

#E048B7

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C237F

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

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