#38135E#38135E

#38135E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.124 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38135E
RGB	rgb(56, 19, 94)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 79.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.08, 33.95, -37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.08, 50.40, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(29.18% 0.0648 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(29.18% 0.124 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.8836, 2.1146, 10.7911)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38135E #395E13

analogous

#13135E #38135E #5E135E

triadic

#38135E #5E3813 #135E38

tetradic

#38135E #5E1313 #395E13 #135E5E

square

#38135E #5E1313 #395E13 #135E5E

split-complementary

#38135E #5E5E13 #135E13

monochromatic

#0F0519 #1A092B #38135E #561D91 #7528C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.76

#38135E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#38135E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38135E

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38135E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38135E	1.00	14.76	1.42	14.76
#FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38135e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 19, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.124 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73558c',
    500: '#38135e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38135e;
$custom-light: #73558c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38135e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.6,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2918,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38135E

secondary

#679637

accent

#E93F95

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38135E

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

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