#38144E#38144E

#38144E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.104 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38144E
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 78)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.91, 29.17, -28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.91, 40.67, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(27.92% 0.0666 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(27.92% 0.104 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.2559, 1.8912, 7.3998)
Luminance	0.0189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38144E #2A4E14

analogous

#1B144E #38144E #4E1447

triadic

#38144E #4E3814 #144E38

tetradic

#38144E #4E1B14 #2A4E14 #14474E

square

#38144E #4E1B14 #2A4E14 #14474E

split-complementary

#38144E #474E14 #144E1B

monochromatic

#110618 #15081D #38144E #5B207F #7E2DAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.24

#38144E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#38144E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38144E

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38144E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38144E	1.00	15.24	1.38	15.24
#FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A264D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35202F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38144e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.104 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715580',
    500: '#38144e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38144e;
$custom-light: #715580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38144e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27922,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38144E

secondary

#558638

accent

#E24581

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9EE

border

#C8C5C9

text

#08030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38144E

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

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