#38156A#38156A

#38156A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.136 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38156A
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.54, 36.30, -42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.54, 56.11, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(30.56% 0.0595 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(30.56% 0.136 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.4999, 2.4176, 13.8624)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38156A #476A15

analogous

#151C6A #38156A #63156A

triadic

#38156A #6A3815 #156A38

tetradic

#38156A #6A151C #476A15 #156A63

square

#38156A #6A151C #476A15 #156A63

split-complementary

#38156A #6A6315 #1C6A15

monochromatic

#0D051A #1D0B37 #38156A #531F9D #6E29D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.15

#38156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#38156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38156A

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38156A	1.00	14.15	1.48	14.15
#FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.136 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745795',
    500: '#38156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38156a;
$custom-light: #745795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30556,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38156A

secondary

#76A13A

accent

#EA3EA3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38156A

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

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