#38127E#38127E

#38127E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.162 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38127E
RGB	rgb(56, 18, 126)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(261, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 85.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.14, 43.24, -53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.14, 68.45, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(32.29% 0.0549 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(32.29% 0.162 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6120, 2.7795, 19.9754)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38127E #587E12

analogous

#12227E #38127E #6E127E

triadic

#38127E #7E3812 #127E38

tetradic

#38127E #7E1222 #587E12 #127E6E

square

#38127E #7E1222 #587E12 #127E6E

split-complementary

#38127E #7E6E12 #227E12

monochromatic

#0C041B #200A48 #38127E #501AB4 #6A2AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.50

#38127E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#38127E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38127E

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38127E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38127E	1.00	13.50	1.56	13.50
#FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38127e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 18, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.162 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7857a4',
    500: '#38127e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38127e;
$custom-light: #7857a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38127e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32286,
    "c": 0.1622,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38127E

secondary

#88B438

accent

#F236B0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38127E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →