#38135F#38135F

#38135F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.126 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38135F
RGB	rgb(56, 19, 95)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 80%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.17, 34.22, -37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.17, 50.96, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(29.27% 0.0645 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(29.27% 0.126 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9288, 2.1327, 11.0289)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.67

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38135F #3A5F13

analogous

#13145F #38135F #5E135F

triadic

#38135F #5F3813 #135F38

tetradic

#38135F #5F1314 #3A5F13 #135F5E

square

#38135F #5F1314 #3A5F13 #135F5E

split-complementary

#38135F #5F5E13 #145F13

monochromatic

#0F051A #1A092C #38135F #561D92 #7427C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.72

#38135F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#38135F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38135F

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38135F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38135F	1.00	14.72	1.43	14.72
#FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38135f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 19, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.126 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73558d',
    500: '#38135f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38135f;
$custom-light: #73558d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38135f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.211,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29273,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38135F

secondary

#689737

accent

#EA3E96

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38135F

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

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