#38136A#38136A

#38136A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.138 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38136A
RGB	rgb(56, 19, 106)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 82.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.21, 37.25, -43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.21, 57.14, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(30.33% 0.0613 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(30.33% 0.138 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4646, 2.3470, 13.8507)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38136A #456A13

analogous

#131A6A #38136A #64136A

triadic

#38136A #6A3813 #136A38

tetradic

#38136A #6A131A #456A13 #136A64

square

#38136A #6A131A #456A13 #136A64

split-complementary

#38136A #6A6413 #1A6A13

monochromatic

#0E051A #1D0A36 #38136A #531C9E #6F26D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#38136A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#38136A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38136A

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38136A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38136A	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38136a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 19, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.138 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755695',
    500: '#38136a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38136a;
$custom-light: #755695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38136a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.517,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30326,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38136A

secondary

#74A138

accent

#EC3BA1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38136A

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

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