#38135A#38135A

#38135A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.120 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38135A
RGB	rgb(56, 19, 90)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 78.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.72, 32.87, -35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.72, 48.12, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(28.82% 0.0658 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(28.82% 0.12 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.7088, 2.0447, 9.8702)
Luminance	0.0204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38135A #355A13

analogous

#15135A #38135A #5A1359

triadic

#38135A #5A3813 #135A38

tetradic

#38135A #5A1513 #355A13 #13595A

square

#38135A #5A1513 #355A13 #13595A

split-complementary

#38135A #595A13 #135A15

monochromatic

#100519 #190827 #38135A #571E8D #7728BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.90

#38135A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#38135A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38135A

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38135A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38135A	1.00	14.90	1.41	14.90
#FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.90	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: #38135a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 19, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.120 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725589',
    500: '#38135a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38135a;
$custom-light: #725589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38135a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.268,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28817,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38135A

secondary

#629237

accent

#E84090

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38135A

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

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