#3C277D#3C277D

#3C277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.138 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C277D
RGB	rgb(60, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 32.79, -45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 56.14, 305.74°)
OKLab	oklab(35.3% 0.0437 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(35.3% 0.138 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2896, 3.8921, 19.8179)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C277D #687D27

analogous

#273D7D #3C277D #67277D

triadic

#3C277D #7D3C27 #277D3C

tetradic

#3C277D #7D273D #687D27 #277D67

square

#3C277D #7D273D #687D27 #277D67

split-complementary

#3C277D #7D6727 #3D7D27

monochromatic

#0F0A20 #26184E #3C277D #5236AC #7155CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#3C277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#3C277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C277D

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C277D	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.138 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7863a3',
    500: '#3c277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c277d;
$custom-light: #7863a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.651,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35304,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C277D

secondary

#98AF51

accent

#DC4CB9

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#09050F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C277D

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

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