#38146B#38146B

#38146B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.139 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38146B
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 107)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 81.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.47, 37.06, -43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.47, 57.19, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(30.54% 0.0601 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(30.54% 0.139 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5342, 2.4025, 14.1319)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38146B #476B14

analogous

#141B6B #38146B #64146B

triadic

#38146B #6B3814 #146B38

tetradic

#38146B #6B141B #476B14 #146B64

square

#38146B #6B141B #476B14 #146B64

split-complementary

#38146B #6B6414 #1B6B14

monochromatic

#0D051A #1D0A37 #38146B #531E9F #6E27D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.18

#38146B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#38146B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38146B

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38146B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38146B	1.00	14.18	1.48	14.18
#FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38146b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.139 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755696',
    500: '#38146b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38146b;
$custom-light: #755696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38146b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 68.504,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30537,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38146B

secondary

#76A239

accent

#EB3CA3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38146B

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

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