#3C288E#3C288E

#3C288E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.159 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C288E
RGB	rgb(60, 40, 142)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 71.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 37.56, -53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 65.27, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0398 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.159 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5033, 4.4308, 26.0458)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C288E #7A8E28

analogous

#28478E #3C288E #6F288E

triadic

#3C288E #8E3C28 #288E3C

tetradic

#3C288E #8E2847 #7A8E28 #288E6F

square

#3C288E #8E2847 #7A8E28 #288E6F

split-complementary

#3C288E #8E6F28 #478E28

monochromatic

#140D2F #281B5E #3C288E #5035BE #755FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#3C288E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#3C288E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C288E

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C288E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C288E	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#134358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c288e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 40, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.159 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b64b0',
    500: '#3c288e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c288e;
$custom-light: #7b64b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c288e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.765,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37019,
    "c": 0.15869,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C288E

secondary

#A5B75B

accent

#DF48C2

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C288E

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

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