#38146E#38146E

#38146E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.142 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38146E
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 110)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 81.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.77, 37.90, -45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.77, 58.85, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(30.83% 0.0592 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(30.83% 0.142 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.6947, 2.4667, 14.9776)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38146E #4A6E14

analogous

#141D6E #38146E #65146E

triadic

#38146E #6E3814 #146E38

tetradic

#38146E #6E141D #4A6E14 #146E65

square

#38146E #6E141D #4A6E14 #146E65

split-complementary

#38146E #6E6514 #1D6E14

monochromatic

#0D051A #1E0B3A #38146E #521DA2 #6D27D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.06

#38146E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#38146E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38146E

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38146E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38146E	1.00	14.06	1.49	14.06
#FFFFFF	14.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38146e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.142 294.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38146e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30834,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38146E

secondary

#7AA539

accent

#EC3CA6

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38146E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →