#3C248E#3C248E

#3C248E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.163 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C248E
RGB	rgb(60, 36, 142)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 74.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.24, 39.81, -54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.24, 67.65, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.0432 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.163 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3754, 4.1750, 26.0032)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C248E #768E24

analogous

#24418E #3C248E #71248E

triadic

#3C248E #8E3C24 #248E3C

tetradic

#3C248E #8E2441 #768E24 #248E71

square

#3C248E #8E2441 #768E24 #248E71

split-complementary

#3C248E #8E7124 #418E24

monochromatic

#130B2C #27185D #3C248E #5130BF #7458D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#3C248E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3C248E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C248E

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C248E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C248E	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#144157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c248e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 36, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.163 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b61b0',
    500: '#3c248e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c248e;
$custom-light: #7b61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c248e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36446,
    "c": 0.1633,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C248E

secondary

#A2B955

accent

#E345BF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C248E

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

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