#38148E#38148E

#38148E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.179 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38148E
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 142)
HSL	hsl(258, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(258, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 85.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.18, 46.91, -59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.18, 75.97, 308.13°)
OKLab	oklab(34.22% 0.0476 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(34.22% 0.179 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7620, 3.2936, 25.8654)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38148E #6A8E14

analogous

#142D8E #38148E #75148E

triadic

#38148E #8E3814 #148E38

tetradic

#38148E #8E142D #6A8E14 #148E75

square

#38148E #8E142D #6A8E14 #148E75

split-complementary

#38148E #8E7514 #2D8E14

monochromatic

#0E0523 #230C58 #38148E #4D1CC4 #6B39E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#38148E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#38148E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38148E

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38148E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38148E	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38148e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.179 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b59b0',
    500: '#38148e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38148e;
$custom-light: #7b59b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38148e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.705,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34216,
    "c": 0.17864,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38148E

secondary

#9AC23C

accent

#F236BA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38148E

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

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