#38156C#38156C

#38156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.139 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38156C
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.74, 36.87, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.74, 57.23, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(30.75% 0.059 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(30.75% 0.139 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6051, 2.4597, 14.4166)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38156C #496C15

analogous

#151D6C #38156C #63156C

triadic

#38156C #6C3815 #156C38

tetradic

#38156C #6C151D #496C15 #156C63

square

#38156C #6C151D #496C15 #156C63

split-complementary

#38156C #6C6315 #1D6C15

monochromatic

#0D051A #1D0B39 #38156C #531F9F #6D29D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#38156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#38156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38156C

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38156C	1.00	14.08	1.49	14.08
#FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.139 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755797',
    500: '#38156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38156c;
$custom-light: #755797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.138,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30751,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38156C

secondary

#79A33A

accent

#EA3DA5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38156C

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

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