#38155E#38155E

#38155E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.122 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38155E
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 94)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 77.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.43, 32.95, -36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.43, 49.30, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(29.43% 0.0627 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(29.43% 0.122 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9189, 2.1852, 10.8028)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.82

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38155E #3B5E15

analogous

#15175E #38155E #5C155E

triadic

#38155E #5E3815 #155E38

tetradic

#38155E #5E1517 #3B5E15 #155E5C

square

#38155E #5E1517 #3B5E15 #155E5C

split-complementary

#38155E #5E5C15 #175E15

monochromatic

#0F0619 #1A0A2C #38155E #562090 #742BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.61

#38155E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#38155E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38155E

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38155E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38155E	1.00	14.61	1.44	14.61
#FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38155e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.122 300.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38155e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.767,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2943,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38155E

secondary

#699539

accent

#E74197

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38155E

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

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