#38147F#38147F

#38147F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.162 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38147F
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 127)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 84.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.53, 42.69, -53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.53, 68.10, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(32.59% 0.0533 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(32.59% 0.162 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7107, 2.8731, 20.3282)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 5.68

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38147F #5B7F14

analogous

#14267F #38147F #6E147F

triadic

#38147F #7F3814 #147F38

tetradic

#38147F #7F1426 #5B7F14 #147F6E

square

#38147F #7F1426 #5B7F14 #147F6E

split-complementary

#38147F #7F6E14 #267F14

monochromatic

#0C041A #210C4A #38147F #4F1CB4 #6A2FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.34

#38147F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#38147F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38147F

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38147F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38147F	1.00	13.34	1.57	13.34
#FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38147f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.162 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7858a5',
    500: '#38147f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38147f;
$custom-light: #7858a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38147f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.187,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32587,
    "c": 0.16165,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38147F

secondary

#8BB43B

accent

#EF38B2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38147F

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

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