#3C2496#3C2496

#3C2496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.173 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2496
RGB	rgb(60, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, 42.27, -58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 72.06, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.0413 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.173 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9977, 4.4239, 29.2807)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2496 #7E9624

analogous

#244596 #3C2496 #752496

triadic

#3C2496 #963C24 #24963C

tetradic

#3C2496 #962445 #7E9624 #249675

square

#3C2496 #962445 #7E9624 #249675

split-complementary

#3C2496 #967524 #459624

monochromatic

#150C33 #281865 #3C2496 #5030C7 #765CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#3C2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#3C2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2496

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2496	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.173 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d62b6',
    500: '#3c2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2496;
$custom-light: #7d62b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37238,
    "c": 0.17315,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2496

secondary

#A8BD59

accent

#E443C3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2496

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

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