#38125A#38125A

#38125A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.121 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38125A
RGB	rgb(56, 18, 90)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 80%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.55, 33.35, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.55, 48.66, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(28.69% 0.0668 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(28.69% 0.121 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.6922, 2.0116, 9.8646)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38125A #345A12

analogous

#14125A #38125A #5A1258

triadic

#38125A #5A3812 #125A38

tetradic

#38125A #5A1412 #345A12 #12585A

square

#38125A #5A1412 #345A12 #12585A

split-complementary

#38125A #585A12 #125A14

monochromatic

#10051A #180827 #38125A #581C8D #7726C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.97

#38125A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#38125A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38125A

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38125A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38125A	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)

#00265C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38125a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 18, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.121 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735489',
    500: '#38125a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38125a;
$custom-light: #735489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38125a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28695,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38125A

secondary

#619335

accent

#EA3E8F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38125A

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

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