#38145F#38145F

#38145F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.124 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38145F
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 95)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 78.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.34, 33.73, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.34, 50.43, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(29.4% 0.0635 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(29.4% 0.124 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.9461, 2.1673, 11.0347)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38145F #3B5F14

analogous

#14165F #38145F #5D145F

triadic

#38145F #5F3814 #145F38

tetradic

#38145F #5F1416 #3B5F14 #145F5D

square

#38145F #5F1416 #3B5F14 #145F5D

split-complementary

#38145F #5F5D14 #165F14

monochromatic

#0F0519 #1A092C #38145F #561F92 #7429C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.65

#38145F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#38145F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38145F

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38145F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38145F	1.00	14.65	1.43	14.65
#FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38145f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.124 300.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38145f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29395,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38145F

secondary

#699738

accent

#E84097

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38145F

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

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