#3C259C#3C259C

#3C259C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.179 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C259C
RGB	rgb(60, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 43.58, -60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 74.76, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.039 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.179 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5239, 4.6835, 31.9009)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C259C #859C25

analogous

#25499C #3C259C #78259C

triadic

#3C259C #9C3C25 #259C3C

tetradic

#3C259C #9C2549 #859C25 #259C78

square

#3C259C #9C2549 #859C25 #259C78

split-complementary

#3C259C #9C7825 #499C25

monochromatic

#160E39 #29196B #3C259C #4F31CD #7962DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#3C259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#3C259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C259C

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C259C	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.179 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e63ba',
    500: '#3c259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c259c;
$custom-light: #7e63ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.597,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37974,
    "c": 0.17943,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C259C

secondary

#ACBF5E

accent

#E543C5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C259C

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

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