#3C249C#3C249C

#3C249C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.180 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C249C
RGB	rgb(60, 36, 156)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 76.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.63, 44.10, -61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.63, 75.31, 305.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.0397 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.18 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4932, 4.6221, 31.8906)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C249C #849C24

analogous

#24489C #3C249C #78249C

triadic

#3C249C #9C3C24 #249C3C

tetradic

#3C249C #9C2448 #849C24 #249C78

square

#3C249C #9C2448 #849C24 #249C78

split-complementary

#3C249C #9C7824 #489C24

monochromatic

#160D39 #29196A #3C249C #4F2FCE #7960DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#3C249C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#3C249C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C249C

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C249C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C249C	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c249c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 36, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.180 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e62ba',
    500: '#3c249c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c249c;
$custom-light: #7e62ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c249c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37845,
    "c": 0.18043,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C249C

secondary

#ACBF5C

accent

#E642C5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C249C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →