#3C2495#3C2495

#3C2495 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.172 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2495
RGB	rgb(60, 36, 149)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 75.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.93, 41.96, -57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.93, 71.51, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0415 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.172 284)
XYZ	xyz(7.9175, 4.3918, 28.8584)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2495 #7D9524

analogous

#244595 #3C2495 #752495

triadic

#3C2495 #953C24 #24953C

tetradic

#3C2495 #952445 #7D9524 #249575

square

#3C2495 #952445 #7D9524 #249575

split-complementary

#3C2495 #957524 #459524

monochromatic

#140C32 #281864 #3C2495 #5030C6 #765CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#3C2495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#3C2495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2495

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2495	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003793

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 36, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.172 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d62b5',
    500: '#3c2495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2495;
$custom-light: #7d62b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.743,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37138,
    "c": 0.17193,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.04392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2495

secondary

#A7BC59

accent

#E444C2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2495

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

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