#3C258E#3C258E

#3C258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.162 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C258E
RGB	rgb(60, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 39.26, -54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 67.07, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0424 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.162 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4061, 4.2364, 26.0134)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C258E #778E25

analogous

#25428E #3C258E #71258E

triadic

#3C258E #8E3C25 #258E3C

tetradic

#3C258E #8E2542 #778E25 #258E71

square

#3C258E #8E2542 #778E25 #258E71

split-complementary

#3C258E #8E7125 #428E25

monochromatic

#130C2D #27185D #3C258E #5132BF #745AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#3C258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#3C258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C258E

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C258E	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#144157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.162 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b62b0',
    500: '#3c258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c258e;
$custom-light: #7b62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.143,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36585,
    "c": 0.16217,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C258E

secondary

#A3B956

accent

#E246C0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C258E

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

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