#3C23A9#3C23A9

#3C23A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.197 H 280.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C23A9
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 169)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 79.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.81, 48.52, -66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.81, 82.71, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(39.07% 0.0367 -0.1933)
OKLCH	oklch(39.07% 0.197 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6237, 5.0266, 37.9915)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C23A9 #90A923

analogous

#234DA9 #3C23A9 #7F23A9

triadic

#3C23A9 #A93C23 #23A93C

tetradic

#3C23A9 #A9234D #90A923 #23A97F

square

#3C23A9 #A9234D #90A923 #23A97F

split-complementary

#3C23A9 #A97F23 #4DA923

monochromatic

#180E44 #2A1976 #3C23A9 #5234D5 #7D67DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#3C23A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#3C23A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C23A9

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C23A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C23A9	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c23a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.197 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162c4',
    500: '#3c23a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c23a9;
$custom-light: #8162c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c23a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.194,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39075,
    "c": 0.19679,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C23A9

secondary

#B3C563

accent

#E93FC9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0513

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C23A9

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

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