#38148A#38148A

#38148A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.174 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38148A
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(258, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 85.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.73, 45.79, -58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.73, 73.89, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% 0.0491 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.174 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4671, 3.1757, 24.3120)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38148A #668A14

analogous

#142B8A #38148A #73148A

triadic

#38148A #8A3814 #148A38

tetradic

#38148A #8A142B #668A14 #148A73

square

#38148A #8A142B #668A14 #148A73

split-complementary

#38148A #8A7314 #2B8A14

monochromatic

#0D051F #220C55 #38148A #4E1CBF #6B36E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#38148A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#38148A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38148A

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38148A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38148A	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C3951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38148a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.174 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a58ad',
    500: '#38148a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38148a;
$custom-light: #7a58ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38148a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.305,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33775,
    "c": 0.17413,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38148A

secondary

#96BE3C

accent

#F136B8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38148A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →