#38115B#38115B

#38115B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.123 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38115B
RGB	rgb(56, 17, 91)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 81.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.47, 34.10, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.47, 49.75, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(28.67% 0.0676 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(28.67% 0.123 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.7192, 1.9970, 10.0850)
Luminance	0.0200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38115B #345B11

analogous

#13115B #38115B #5B1159

triadic

#38115B #5B3811 #115B38

tetradic

#38115B #5B1311 #345B11 #11595B

square

#38115B #5B1311 #345B11 #11595B

split-complementary

#38115B #595B11 #115B13

monochromatic

#10051A #180727 #38115B #581B8F #7724C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.01

#38115B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#38115B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38115B

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38115B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38115B	1.00	15.01	1.40	15.01
#FFFFFF	15.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00265A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38115b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 17, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.123 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73548a',
    500: '#38115b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38115b;
$custom-light: #73548a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38115b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.622,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28669,
    "c": 0.12344,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38115B

secondary

#619434

accent

#EB3C8F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE8F0

border

#C8C4CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38115B

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

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