#3C2398#3C2398

#3C2398 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.177 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2398
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 152)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 77%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 43.40, -59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 73.70, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0415 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.177 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1303, 4.4292, 30.1262)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2398 #7F9823

analogous

#234498 #3C2398 #772398

triadic

#3C2398 #983C23 #23983C

tetradic

#3C2398 #982344 #7F9823 #239877

square

#3C2398 #982344 #7F9823 #239877

split-complementary

#3C2398 #987723 #449823

monochromatic

#150C35 #281866 #3C2398 #502ECA #775CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#3C2398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#3C2398 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2398

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2398	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.177 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61b7',
    500: '#3c2398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2398;
$custom-light: #7d61b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.821,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3731,
    "c": 0.1766,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2398

secondary

#A8BE59

accent

#E642C3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2398

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

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