#38105E#38105E

#38105E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.128 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38105E
RGB	rgb(56, 16, 94)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 83%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.59, 35.35, -38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.59, 51.93, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(28.84% 0.0677 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(28.84% 0.128 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.8361, 2.0195, 10.7752)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38105E #365E10

analogous

#11105E #38105E #5E105D

triadic

#38105E #5E3810 #105E38

tetradic

#38105E #5E1110 #365E10 #105D5E

square

#38105E #5E1110 #365E10 #105D5E

split-complementary

#38105E #5D5E10 #105E11

monochromatic

#10041A #19072A #38105E #571992 #7622C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.96

#38105E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#38105E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38105E

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38105E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38105E	1.00	14.96	1.40	14.96
#FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00275C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38105e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 16, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.128 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73538c',
    500: '#38105e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38105e;
$custom-light: #73538c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38105e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28837,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38105E

secondary

#649733

accent

#EE3A92

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EDE8F0

border

#C8C4CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38105E

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

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