#3C279C#3C279C

#3C279C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.177 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C279C
RGB	rgb(60, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 42.51, -60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 73.63, 305.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.0376 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.177 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5879, 4.8114, 31.9222)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C279C #879C27

analogous

#274C9C #3C279C #76279C

triadic

#3C279C #9C3C27 #279C3C

tetradic

#3C279C #9C274C #879C27 #279C76

square

#3C279C #9C274C #879C27 #279C76

split-complementary

#3C279C #9C7627 #4C9C27

monochromatic

#160F3A #291B6B #3C279C #4F34CC #7A65D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#3C279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#3C279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C279C

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C279C	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.177 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e64ba',
    500: '#3c279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c279c;
$custom-light: #7e64ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3824,
    "c": 0.17737,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C279C

secondary

#ADBE61

accent

#E345C7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C279C

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

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