#38149F#38149F

#38149F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.198 H 282.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38149F
RGB	rgb(56, 20, 159)
HSL	hsl(256, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 87.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 51.63, -66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 84.58, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.041 -0.1932)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.198 282)
XYZ	xyz(8.1371, 3.8437, 33.1073)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38149F #7B9F14

analogous

#14359F #38149F #7E149F

triadic

#38149F #9F3814 #149F38

tetradic

#38149F #9F1435 #7B9F14 #149F7E

square

#38149F #9F1435 #7B9F14 #149F7E

split-complementary

#38149F #9F7E14 #359F14

monochromatic

#120632 #250D69 #38149F #4B1BD5 #7046E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#38149F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#38149F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38149F

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38149F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38149F	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00329D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38149f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 20, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.198 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5abd',
    500: '#38149f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38149f;
$custom-light: #7e5abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38149f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.54,
    "s": 77.654,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36132,
    "c": 0.19755,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.03844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38149F

secondary

#A7C846

accent

#F434C2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #38149F

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

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