#38145E#38145E

#38145E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.123 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38145E
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 94)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 78.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.25, 33.45, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.25, 49.86, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(29.3% 0.0638 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(29.3% 0.123 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.9009, 2.1492, 10.7968)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38145E #3A5E14

analogous

#14155E #38145E #5D145E

triadic

#38145E #5E3814 #145E38

tetradic

#38145E #5E1415 #3A5E14 #145E5D

square

#38145E #5E1415 #3A5E14 #145E5D

split-complementary

#38145E #5E5D14 #155E14

monochromatic

#0F0519 #1A092C #38145E #561F90 #7429C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.69

#38145E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#38145E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38145E

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38145E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38145E	1.00	14.69	1.43	14.69
#FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38145e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.123 301.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38145e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29303,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38145E

secondary

#689638

accent

#E84096

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38145E

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

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