#38115C#38115C

#38115C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.125 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38115C
RGB	rgb(56, 17, 92)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 81.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.56, 34.36, -36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.56, 50.31, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(28.76% 0.0673 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(28.76% 0.125 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.7626, 2.0144, 10.3137)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38115C #355C11

analogous

#13115C #38115C #5C115B

triadic

#38115C #5C3811 #115C38

tetradic

#38115C #5C1311 #355C11 #115B5C

square

#38115C #5C1311 #355C11 #115B5C

split-complementary

#38115C #5B5C11 #115C13

monochromatic

#10051A #190728 #38115C #571B90 #7724C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.97

#38115C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#38115C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38115C

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38115C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38115C	1.00	14.97	1.40	14.97
#FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00275B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38115c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 17, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.125 302.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38115c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28761,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38115C

secondary

#629534

accent

#EC3C90

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE8F0

border

#C8C4CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38115C

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

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