#38155A#38155A

#38155A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.117 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38155A
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 90)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 76.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.08, 31.85, -34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.08, 47.00, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(29.07% 0.0635 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(29.07% 0.117 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7441, 2.1153, 9.8819)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38155A #375A15

analogous

#16155A #38155A #5A155A

triadic

#38155A #5A3815 #155A38

tetradic

#38155A #5A1615 #375A15 #155A5A

square

#38155A #5A1615 #375A15 #155A5A

split-complementary

#38155A #5A5A15 #155A16

monochromatic

#0F0619 #190928 #38155A #57218C #762CBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.76

#38155A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#38155A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38155A

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38155A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38155A	1.00	14.76	1.42	14.76
#FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38155a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.117 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725689',
    500: '#38155a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38155a;
$custom-light: #725689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38155a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.435,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29072,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38155A

secondary

#659239

accent

#E54393

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38155A

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

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