#38136E#38136E

#38136E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.143 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38136E
RGB	rgb(56, 19, 110)
HSL	hsl(264, 71%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(264, 83%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 82.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.61, 38.36, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.61, 59.35, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(30.72% 0.06 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(30.72% 0.143 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6775, 2.4322, 14.9718)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.08

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38136E #496E13

analogous

#131B6E #38136E #66136E

triadic

#38136E #6E3813 #136E38

tetradic

#38136E #6E131B #496E13 #136E66

square

#38136E #6E131B #496E13 #136E66

split-complementary

#38136E #6E6613 #1B6E13

monochromatic

#0D051A #1D0A3A #38136E #531CA2 #6D25D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.13

#38136E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#38136E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38136E

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38136E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38136E	1.00	14.13	1.49	14.13
#FFFFFF	14.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38136e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 19, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.143 294.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38136e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.396,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30723,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38136E

secondary

#79A538

accent

#ED3AA5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38136E

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

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