#38115D#38115D

#38115D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.126 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38115D
RGB	rgb(56, 17, 93)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 81.7%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.65, 34.63, -37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.65, 50.87, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(28.85% 0.0671 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(28.85% 0.126 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8066, 2.0320, 10.5455)
Luminance	0.0203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38115D #365D11

analogous

#12115D #38115D #5D115C

triadic

#38115D #5D3811 #115D38

tetradic

#38115D #5D1211 #365D11 #115C5D

square

#38115D #5D1211 #365D11 #115C5D

split-complementary

#38115D #5C5D11 #115D12

monochromatic

#10051A #190829 #38115D #571A91 #7624C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.93

#38115D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#38115D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38115D

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38115D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38115D	1.00	14.93	1.41	14.93
#FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00275C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38115d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 17, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.126 302.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38115d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.789,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28854,
    "c": 0.12572,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38115D

secondary

#649634

accent

#EC3C92

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE8F0

border

#C8C4CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38115D

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

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