#3C259B#3C259B

#3C259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.178 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C259B
RGB	rgb(60, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.71, 43.27, -60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.71, 74.21, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.87% 0.0393 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(37.87% 0.178 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4396, 4.6498, 31.4568)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C259B #849B25

analogous

#25499B #3C259B #77259B

triadic

#3C259B #9B3C25 #259B3C

tetradic

#3C259B #9B2549 #849B25 #259B77

square

#3C259B #9B2549 #849B25 #259B77

split-complementary

#3C259B #9B7725 #499B25

monochromatic

#160D38 #29196A #3C259B #4F31CC #7961D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#3C259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#3C259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C259B

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C259B	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.178 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e63ba',
    500: '#3c259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c259b;
$custom-light: #7e63ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.695,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37873,
    "c": 0.17821,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C259B

secondary

#ACBF5D

accent

#E543C5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C259B

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

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