#38105B#38105B

#38105B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.125 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38105B
RGB	rgb(56, 16, 91)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 82.4%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.31, 34.56, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.31, 50.26, 313.44°)
OKLab	oklab(28.56% 0.0686 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(28.56% 0.125 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.7041, 1.9667, 10.0800)
Luminance	0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38105B #335B10

analogous

#12105B #38105B #5B1058

triadic

#38105B #5B3810 #105B38

tetradic

#38105B #5B1210 #335B10 #10585B

square

#38105B #5B1210 #335B10 #10585B

split-complementary

#38105B #585B10 #105B12

monochromatic

#10051A #180727 #38105B #58198F #7822C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.07

#38105B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#38105B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38105B

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38105B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38105B	1.00	15.07	1.39	15.07
#FFFFFF	15.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00265A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38105b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 16, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.125 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73538a',
    500: '#38105b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38105b;
$custom-light: #73538a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38105b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28557,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38105B

secondary

#609433

accent

#ED3B8E

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EDE7F0

border

#C8C3CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38105B

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

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