#3C2399#3C2399

#3C2399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.178 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2399
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.14, 43.70, -60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.14, 74.23, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.41% 0.0412 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(37.41% 0.178 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2125, 4.4621, 30.5593)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2399 #809923

analogous

#234599 #3C2399 #772399

triadic

#3C2399 #993C23 #23993C

tetradic

#3C2399 #992345 #809923 #239977

square

#3C2399 #992345 #809923 #239977

split-complementary

#3C2399 #997723 #459923

monochromatic

#150C35 #281867 #3C2399 #502ECB #775DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#3C2399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#3C2399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2399

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2399	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.178 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61b8',
    500: '#3c2399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2399;
$custom-light: #7e61b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.712,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37412,
    "c": 0.1778,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2399

secondary

#A9BE59

accent

#E642C3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2399

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

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