#38147E#38147E

#38147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.161 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38147E
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.42, 42.41, -52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.42, 67.56, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(32.48% 0.0536 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(32.48% 0.161 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6458, 2.8472, 19.9867)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38147E #5A7E14

analogous

#14257E #38147E #6D147E

triadic

#38147E #7E3814 #147E38

tetradic

#38147E #7E1425 #5A7E14 #147E6D

square

#38147E #7E1425 #5A7E14 #147E6D

split-complementary

#38147E #7E6D14 #257E14

monochromatic

#0C041A #210C49 #38147E #4F1CB3 #6A2EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#38147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#38147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38147E

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38147E	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.161 289.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.377,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32481,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38147E

secondary

#8AB33A

accent

#EF38B1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38147E

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

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