#38115A#38115A

#38115A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.122 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38115A
RGB	rgb(56, 17, 90)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 81.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.38, 33.83, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.38, 49.19, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(28.58% 0.0678 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(28.58% 0.122 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.6764, 1.9798, 9.8593)
Luminance	0.0198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38115A #335A11

analogous

#14115A #38115A #5A1157

triadic

#38115A #5A3811 #115A38

tetradic

#38115A #5A1411 #335A11 #11575A

square

#38115A #5A1411 #335A11 #11575A

split-complementary

#38115A #575A11 #115A14

monochromatic

#10051A #180727 #38115A #581B8D #7824C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.04

#38115A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#38115A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38115A

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38115A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38115A	1.00	15.04	1.40	15.04
#FFFFFF	15.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38115a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 17, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.122 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735489',
    500: '#38115a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38115a;
$custom-light: #735489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38115a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.055,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28578,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38115A

secondary

#609334

accent

#EB3D8E

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EDE8F0

border

#C8C4CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38115A

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

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