#3C249B#3C249B

#3C249B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.179 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C249B
RGB	rgb(60, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.53, 43.79, -60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.53, 74.77, 305.85°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% 0.04 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.179 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4089, 4.5884, 31.4465)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C249B #839B24

analogous

#24479B #3C249B #78249B

triadic

#3C249B #9B3C24 #249B3C

tetradic

#3C249B #9B2447 #839B24 #249B78

square

#3C249B #9B2447 #839B24 #249B78

split-complementary

#3C249B #9B7824 #479B24

monochromatic

#160D38 #291869 #3C249B #4F30CD #785FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#3C249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#3C249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C249B

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C249B	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.179 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e62ba',
    500: '#3c249b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c249b;
$custom-light: #7e62ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.101,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37743,
    "c": 0.17922,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C249B

secondary

#ABBF5C

accent

#E542C5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C249B

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

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