#38115E#38115E

#38115E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.127 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38115E
RGB	rgb(56, 17, 94)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 81.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.75, 34.90, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.75, 51.44, 312.72°)
OKLab	oklab(28.95% 0.0668 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(28.95% 0.127 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8512, 2.0498, 10.7803)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38115E #375E11

analogous

#12115E #38115E #5E115E

triadic

#38115E #5E3811 #115E38

tetradic

#38115E #5E1211 #375E11 #115E5E

square

#38115E #5E1211 #375E11 #115E5E

split-complementary

#38115E #5E5E11 #115E12

monochromatic

#0F051A #19082A #38115E #571A92 #7624C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.89

#38115E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#38115E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38115E

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38115E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38115E	1.00	14.89	1.41	14.89
#FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00275C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38115e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 17, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.127 301.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38115e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.39,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28948,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38115E

secondary

#659734

accent

#EC3C93

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE8F0

border

#C8C4CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38115E

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

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