#38145D#38145D

#38145D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.122 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38145D
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 93)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 78.5%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.16, 33.18, -36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.16, 49.28, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(29.21% 0.064 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(29.21% 0.122 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8563, 2.1314, 10.5620)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38145D #395D14

analogous

#14155D #38145D #5D145D

triadic

#38145D #5D3814 #145D38

tetradic

#38145D #5D1415 #395D14 #145D5D

square

#38145D #5D1415 #395D14 #145D5D

split-complementary

#38145D #5D5D14 #155D14

monochromatic

#0F0519 #1A092B #38145D #561F8F #752AC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.72

#38145D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#38145D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38145D

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38145D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38145D	1.00	14.72	1.43	14.72
#FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38145d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.122 301.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38145d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.589,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29212,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38145D

secondary

#679538

accent

#E84095

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38145D

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

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