#38148F#38148F

#38148F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.180 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38148F
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 143)
HSL	hsl(258, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(258, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 86%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.30, 47.19, -60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.30, 76.48, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(34.33% 0.0472 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(34.33% 0.18 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8375, 3.3238, 26.2625)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38148F #6B8F14

analogous

#142E8F #38148F #76148F

triadic

#38148F #8F3814 #148F38

tetradic

#38148F #8F142E #6B8F14 #148F76

square

#38148F #8F142E #6B8F14 #148F76

split-complementary

#38148F #8F7614 #2E8F14

monochromatic

#0E0524 #230C59 #38148F #4D1CC5 #6C3AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#38148F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#38148F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38148F

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38148F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38148F	1.00	12.61	1.66	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38148f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.180 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b59b1',
    500: '#38148f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38148f;
$custom-light: #7b59b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38148f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.561,
    "s": 75.46,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34327,
    "c": 0.17976,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38148F

secondary

#9BC33C

accent

#F236BB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38148F

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

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