#38145C#38145C

#38145C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.121 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38145C
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 92)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 78.3%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.07, 32.91, -35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.07, 48.71, 312.49°)
OKLab	oklab(29.12% 0.0642 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(29.12% 0.121 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.8123, 2.1138, 10.3303)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.82

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38145C #385C14

analogous

#14145C #38145C #5C145C

triadic

#38145C #5C3814 #145C38

tetradic

#38145C #5C1414 #385C14 #145C5C

square

#38145C #5C1414 #385C14 #145C5C

split-complementary

#38145C #5C5C14 #145C14

monochromatic

#0F0519 #19092A #38145C #571F8E #752AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.76

#38145C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#38145C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38145C

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38145C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38145C	1.00	14.76	1.42	14.76
#FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38145c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.121 302.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38145c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29121,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38145C

secondary

#669438

accent

#E74194

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38145C

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

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