#38135B#38135B

#38135B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.121 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38135B
RGB	rgb(56, 19, 91)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 79.1%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.81, 33.14, -35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.81, 48.69, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(28.91% 0.0655 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(28.91% 0.121 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7516, 2.0618, 10.0958)
Luminance	0.0206 (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

#38135B #365B13

analogous

#14135B #38135B #5B135A

triadic

#38135B #5B3813 #135B38

tetradic

#38135B #5B1413 #365B13 #135A5B

square

#38135B #5B1413 #365B13 #135A5B

split-complementary

#38135B #5A5B13 #135B14

monochromatic

#100519 #190828 #38135B #571E8E #7628C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.87

#38135B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#38135B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38135B

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38135B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38135B	1.00	14.87	1.41	14.87
#FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00275A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38135b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 19, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.121 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73558a',
    500: '#38135b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38135b;
$custom-light: #73558a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38135b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.833,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28907,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38135B

secondary

#649337

accent

#E83F92

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38135B

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

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