#38147D#38147D

#38147D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.159 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38147D
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 125)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(261, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 84%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.31, 42.13, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.31, 67.03, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(32.38% 0.054 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(32.38% 0.159 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5816, 2.8215, 19.6486)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38147D #597D14

analogous

#14257D #38147D #6C147D

triadic

#38147D #7D3814 #147D38

tetradic

#38147D #7D1425 #597D14 #147D6C

square

#38147D #7D1425 #597D14 #147D6C

split-complementary

#38147D #7D6C14 #257D14

monochromatic

#0C041A #200C48 #38147D #501CB2 #6A2EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#38147D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#38147D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38147D

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38147D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38147D	1.00	13.42	1.56	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38147d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.159 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7857a4',
    500: '#38147d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38147d;
$custom-light: #7857a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38147d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32375,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38147D

secondary

#89B23A

accent

#EF39B1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38147D

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

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