#3C2995#3C2995

#3C2995 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.166 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C2995
RGB	rgb(60, 41, 149)
HSL	hsl(251, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 39.20, -56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 68.60, 304.85°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0376 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.166 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0796, 4.7159, 28.9125)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C2995 #829529

analogous

#294C95 #3C2995 #722995

triadic

#3C2995 #953C29 #29953C

tetradic

#3C2995 #95294C #829529 #299572

square

#3C2995 #95294C #829529 #299572

split-complementary

#3C2995 #957229 #4C9529

monochromatic

#150F35 #291C65 #3C2995 #4F36C5 #7864D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#3C2995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#3C2995 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C2995

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C2995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C2995	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04465C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c2995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 41, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.166 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c65b5',
    500: '#3c2995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c2995;
$custom-light: #7c65b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c2995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.556,
    "s": 56.842,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37834,
    "c": 0.16644,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C2995

secondary

#AABA60

accent

#E048C5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C2995

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

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