#38146D#38146D

#38146D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.141 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38146D
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 109)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 81.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.67, 37.62, -44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.67, 58.30, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(30.73% 0.0595 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(30.73% 0.141 295)
XYZ	xyz(4.6406, 2.4451, 14.6925)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38146D #496D14

analogous

#141C6D #38146D #64146D

triadic

#38146D #6D3814 #146D38

tetradic

#38146D #6D141C #496D14 #146D64

square

#38146D #6D141C #496D14 #146D64

split-complementary

#38146D #6D6414 #1C6D14

monochromatic

#0D051A #1D0B39 #38146D #531DA1 #6D27D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.10

#38146D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#38146D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38146D

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38146D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38146D	1.00	14.10	1.49	14.10
#FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38146d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.141 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755698',
    500: '#38146d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38146d;
$custom-light: #755698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38146d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.27,
    "s": 68.992,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30734,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.02445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38146D

secondary

#79A439

accent

#EC3CA5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38146D

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

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