#3C23AA#3C23AA

#3C23AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.198 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C23AA
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 170)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 79.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.92, 48.82, -67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.92, 83.23, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(39.18% 0.0364 -0.1946)
OKLCH	oklch(39.18% 0.198 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7179, 5.0642, 38.4878)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C23AA #91AA23

analogous

#234DAA #3C23AA #7F23AA

triadic

#3C23AA #AA3C23 #23AA3C

tetradic

#3C23AA #AA234D #91AA23 #23AA7F

square

#3C23AA #AA234D #91AA23 #23AA7F

split-complementary

#3C23AA #AA7F23 #4DAA23

monochromatic

#180E44 #2A1977 #3C23AA #5335D5 #7E68E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#3C23AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#3C23AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C23AA

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C23AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C23AA	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c23aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.198 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162c5',
    500: '#3c23aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c23aa;
$custom-light: #8162c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c23aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3918,
    "c": 0.19795,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C23AA

secondary

#B3C663

accent

#E93FC9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0513

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C23AA

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

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