#38117E#38117E

#38117E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.163 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38117E
RGB	rgb(56, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(261, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.00, 43.64, -53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.00, 68.87, 309.32°)
OKLab	oklab(32.19% 0.0555 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(32.19% 0.163 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5961, 2.7477, 19.9701)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38117E #577E11

analogous

#11207E #38117E #6E117E

triadic

#38117E #7E3811 #117E38

tetradic

#38117E #7E1120 #577E11 #117E6E

square

#38117E #7E1120 #577E11 #117E6E

split-complementary

#38117E #7E6E11 #207E11

monochromatic

#0C041B #200A48 #38117E #5018B4 #6A27E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.55

#38117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#38117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38117E

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38117E	1.00	13.55	1.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.163 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7856a4',
    500: '#38117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38117e;
$custom-light: #7856a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.468,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32194,
    "c": 0.16299,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38117E

secondary

#87B437

accent

#F335AF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38117E

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

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