#38125B#38125B

#38125B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.122 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38125B
RGB	rgb(56, 18, 91)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.64, 33.62, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.64, 49.23, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(28.79% 0.0666 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(28.79% 0.122 303)
XYZ	xyz(3.7351, 2.0287, 10.0903)
Luminance	0.0203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38125B #355B12

analogous

#14125B #38125B #5B125A

triadic

#38125B #5B3812 #125B38

tetradic

#38125B #5B1412 #355B12 #125A5B

square

#38125B #5B1412 #355B12 #125A5B

split-complementary

#38125B #5A5B12 #125B14

monochromatic

#10051A #190828 #38125B #571C8E #7726C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.94

#38125B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#38125B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38125B

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38125B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38125B	1.00	14.94	1.41	14.94
#FFFFFF	14.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00275A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38125b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 18, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.122 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73548a',
    500: '#38125b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38125b;
$custom-light: #73548a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38125b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.233,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28786,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.02029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38125B

secondary

#629335

accent

#EA3E90

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38125B

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

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