#3C256E#3C256E

#3C256E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.120 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C256E
RGB	rgb(60, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.61, 29.36, -38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.61, 48.60, 307.16°)
OKLab	oklab(33.69% 0.0478 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(33.69% 0.12 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3388, 3.4094, 15.1256)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue

#191970

ΔE00 6.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C256E #576E25

analogous

#25336E #3C256E #61256E

triadic

#3C256E #6E3C25 #256E3C

tetradic

#3C256E #6E2533 #576E25 #256E61

square

#3C256E #6E2533 #576E25 #256E61

split-complementary

#3C256E #6E6125 #336E25

monochromatic

#0C0817 #231640 #3C256E #55349C #714BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#3C256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#3C256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C256E

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C256E	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.120 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766198',
    500: '#3c256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c256e;
$custom-light: #766198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.904,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33686,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C256E

secondary

#87A14E

accent

#D94FAE

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDEAF2

border

#C8C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C256E

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

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