#3C258B#3C258B

#3C258B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.158 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C258B
RGB	rgb(60, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 38.33, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 65.39, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.3% 0.0431 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(36.3% 0.158 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1838, 4.1475, 24.8431)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C258B #748B25

analogous

#25418B #3C258B #6F258B

triadic

#3C258B #8B3C25 #258B3C

tetradic

#3C258B #8B2541 #748B25 #258B6F

square

#3C258B #8B2541 #748B25 #258B6F

split-complementary

#3C258B #8B6F25 #418B25

monochromatic

#120B2A #27185B #3C258B #5132BB #7458D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#3C258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#3C258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C258B

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C258B	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#184055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.158 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b62ae',
    500: '#3c258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c258b;
$custom-light: #7b62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.529,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36296,
    "c": 0.1584,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C258B

secondary

#A1B755

accent

#E147BE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C258B

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

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