#3C288C#3C288C

#3C288C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.156 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C288C
RGB	rgb(60, 40, 140)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(252, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.86, 36.93, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.86, 64.14, 305.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0402 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.156 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3545, 4.3713, 25.2621)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C288C #788C28

analogous

#28468C #3C288C #6E288C

triadic

#3C288C #8C3C28 #288C3C

tetradic

#3C288C #8C2846 #788C28 #288C6E

square

#3C288C #8C2846 #788C28 #288C6E

split-complementary

#3C288C #8C6E28 #468C28

monochromatic

#130D2D #281A5C #3C288C #5036BC #755ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#3C288C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#3C288C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C288C

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C288C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C288C	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#164257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c288c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 40, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.156 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b64af',
    500: '#3c288c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c288c;
$custom-light: #7b64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c288c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3683,
    "c": 0.15613,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C288C

secondary

#A4B65A

accent

#DF49C1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C288C

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

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