#38155C#38155C

#38155C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.120 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38155C
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 92)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 77.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.25, 32.40, -35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.25, 48.15, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(29.25% 0.0631 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(29.25% 0.12 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.8304, 2.1498, 10.3363)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38155C #395C15

analogous

#15165C #38155C #5C155C

triadic

#38155C #5C3815 #155C38

tetradic

#38155C #5C1516 #395C15 #155C5C

square

#38155C #5C1516 #395C15 #155C5C

split-complementary

#38155C #5C5C15 #165C15

monochromatic

#0F0619 #1A0A2A #38155C #56208E #752CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.69

#38155C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#38155C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38155C

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38155C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38155C	1.00	14.69	1.43	14.69
#FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38155c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.120 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73568b',
    500: '#38155c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38155c;
$custom-light: #73568b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38155c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.577,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2925,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38155C

secondary

#679339

accent

#E64295

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38155C

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

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