#38125E#38125E

#38125E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.126 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38125E
RGB	rgb(56, 18, 94)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 80.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.91, 34.43, -37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.91, 50.93, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(29.06% 0.0658 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(29.06% 0.126 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8671, 2.0815, 10.7855)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38125E #385E12

analogous

#12125E #38125E #5E125E

triadic

#38125E #5E3812 #125E38

tetradic

#38125E #5E1212 #385E12 #125E5E

square

#38125E #5E1212 #385E12 #125E5E

split-complementary

#38125E #5E5E12 #125E12

monochromatic

#0F051A #19082B #38125E #571C91 #7526C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.83

#38125E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#38125E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38125E

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38125E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38125E	1.00	14.83	1.42	14.83
#FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00275D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38125e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 18, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.126 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73548c',
    500: '#38125e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38125e;
$custom-light: #73548c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38125e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29062,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38125E

secondary

#669635

accent

#EB3D94

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38125E

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

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