#38114B#38114B

#38114B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.105 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38114B
RGB	rgb(56, 17, 75)
HSL	hsl(280, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(280, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 77.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.11, 29.97, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.11, 40.70, 317.41°)
OKLab	oklab(27.28% 0.0708 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(27.28% 0.105 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.1011, 1.7497, 6.8296)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38114B #244B11

analogous

#1B114B #38114B #4B1141

triadic

#38114B #4B3811 #114B38

tetradic

#38114B #4B1B11 #244B11 #11414B

square

#38114B #4B1B11 #244B11 #11414B

split-complementary

#38114B #414B11 #114B1B

monochromatic

#130619 #130619 #38114B #5D1C7D #8328AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.56

#38114B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#38114B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38114B

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38114B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38114B	1.00	15.56	1.35	15.56
#FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00224D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B254A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#361D2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38114b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 17, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.105 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71537e',
    500: '#38114b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38114b;
$custom-light: #71537e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38114b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.345,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27282,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38114B

secondary

#4E8433

accent

#E64278

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#08020A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38114B

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

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