#3C259E#3C259E

#3C259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.182 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C259E
RGB	rgb(60, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(251, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 44.19, -61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 75.83, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(38.18% 0.0385 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(38.18% 0.182 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6947, 4.7518, 32.8001)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C259E #879E25

analogous

#254A9E #3C259E #78259E

triadic

#3C259E #9E3C25 #259E3C

tetradic

#3C259E #9E254A #879E25 #259E78

square

#3C259E #9E254A #879E25 #259E78

split-complementary

#3C259E #9E7825 #4A9E25

monochromatic

#160E3B #29196C #3C259E #4F31CF #7A63DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#3C259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#3C259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C259E

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C259E	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.182 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e63bc',
    500: '#3c259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c259e;
$custom-light: #7e63bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.405,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38177,
    "c": 0.18185,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C259E

secondary

#ADC05F

accent

#E543C6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C259E

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

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