#3C279D#3C279D

#3C279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.179 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C279D
RGB	rgb(60, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 42.82, -60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 74.18, 305.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.34% 0.0373 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(38.34% 0.179 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6729, 4.8454, 32.3700)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C279D #889D27

analogous

#274D9D #3C279D #77279D

triadic

#3C279D #9D3C27 #279D3C

tetradic

#3C279D #9D274D #889D27 #279D77

square

#3C279D #9D274D #889D27 #279D77

split-complementary

#3C279D #9D7727 #4D9D27

monochromatic

#170F3B #291B6C #3C279D #5035CD #7A66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#3C279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#3C279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C279D

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C279D	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.179 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e64bb',
    500: '#3c279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c279d;
$custom-light: #7e64bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.678,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3834,
    "c": 0.1786,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C279D

secondary

#AEBF61

accent

#E344C7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C279D

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

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