#38145B#38145B

#38145B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.120 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38145B
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 91)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 78%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.99, 32.63, -35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.99, 48.14, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(29.03% 0.0644 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(29.03% 0.12 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7689, 2.0964, 10.1016)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38145B #375B14

analogous

#15145B #38145B #5B145B

triadic

#38145B #5B3814 #145B38

tetradic

#38145B #5B1514 #375B14 #145B5B

square

#38145B #5B1514 #375B14 #145B5B

split-complementary

#38145B #5B5B14 #145B15

monochromatic

#0F0619 #190929 #38145B #571F8D #762ABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.80

#38145B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#38145B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38145B

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38145B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38145B	1.00	14.80	1.42	14.80
#FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00275A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38145b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.120 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73558a',
    500: '#38145b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38145b;
$custom-light: #73558a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38145b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.423,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29032,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38145B

secondary

#659338

accent

#E74193

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38145B

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

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