#38137E#38137E

#38137E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.161 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38137E
RGB	rgb(56, 19, 126)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(261, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 84.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.28, 42.83, -52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.28, 68.01, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(32.38% 0.0543 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(32.38% 0.161 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6286, 2.8126, 19.9809)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38137E #597E13

analogous

#13237E #38137E #6D137E

triadic

#38137E #7E3813 #137E38

tetradic

#38137E #7E1323 #597E13 #137E6D

square

#38137E #7E1323 #597E13 #137E6D

split-complementary

#38137E #7E6D13 #237E13

monochromatic

#0C041B #200B49 #38137E #501BB3 #6A2CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.44

#38137E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#38137E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38137E

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38137E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38137E	1.00	13.44	1.56	13.44
#FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38137e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 19, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.161 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7857a4',
    500: '#38137e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38137e;
$custom-light: #7857a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38137e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.748,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32382,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38137E

secondary

#89B439

accent

#F037B0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38137E

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

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