#38136D#38136D

#38136D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.142 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38136D
RGB	rgb(56, 19, 109)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 82.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.51, 38.08, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.51, 58.80, 310.37°)
OKLab	oklab(30.62% 0.0604 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(30.62% 0.142 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6233, 2.4105, 14.6867)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38136D #486D13

analogous

#131B6D #38136D #65136D

triadic

#38136D #6D3813 #136D38

tetradic

#38136D #6D131B #486D13 #136D65

square

#38136D #6D131B #486D13 #136D65

split-complementary

#38136D #6D6513 #1B6D13

monochromatic

#0D051A #1D0A39 #38136D #531CA1 #6E25D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.17

#38136D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#38136D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38136D

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38136D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38136D	1.00	14.17	1.48	14.17
#FFFFFF	14.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38136d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 19, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.142 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755698',
    500: '#38136d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38136d;
$custom-light: #755698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38136d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.667,
    "s": 70.313,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30623,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38136D

secondary

#78A438

accent

#ED3BA4

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38136D

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

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