#3C239B#3C239B

#3C239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.180 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C239B
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 44.31, -60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 75.31, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.0406 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.18 283)
XYZ	xyz(8.3791, 4.5287, 31.4366)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C239B #829B23

analogous

#23469B #3C239B #78239B

triadic

#3C239B #9B3C23 #239B3C

tetradic

#3C239B #9B2346 #829B23 #239B78

square

#3C239B #9B2346 #829B23 #239B78

split-complementary

#3C239B #9B7823 #469B23

monochromatic

#150C37 #291869 #3C239B #4F2ECD #785EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#3C239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#3C239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C239B

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C239B	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.180 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61ba',
    500: '#3c239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c239b;
$custom-light: #7e61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37616,
    "c": 0.18021,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.04529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C239B

secondary

#AABF5A

accent

#E642C4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C239B

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

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