#3C279F#3C279F

#3C279F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.181 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C279F
RGB	rgb(60, 39, 159)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.49, 43.44, -61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.49, 75.26, 305.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0369 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.181 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8450, 4.9143, 33.2766)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C279F #8A9F27

analogous

#274E9F #3C279F #78279F

triadic

#3C279F #9F3C27 #279F3C

tetradic

#3C279F #9F274E #8A9F27 #279F78

square

#3C279F #9F274E #8A9F27 #279F78

split-complementary

#3C279F #9F7827 #4E9F27

monochromatic

#170F3D #291B6E #3C279F #5036CE #7B67DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#3C279F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#3C279F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C279F

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C279F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C279F	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c279f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 39, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.181 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e64bd',
    500: '#3c279f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c279f;
$custom-light: #7e64bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c279f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3854,
    "c": 0.18104,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C279F

secondary

#AFC062

accent

#E444C8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C279F

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

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