#38156D#38156D

#38156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.140 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38156D
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.83, 37.15, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.83, 57.79, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(30.85% 0.0586 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(30.85% 0.14 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6586, 2.4811, 14.6985)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38156D #4A6D15

analogous

#151E6D #38156D #64156D

triadic

#38156D #6D3815 #156D38

tetradic

#38156D #6D151E #4A6D15 #156D64

square

#38156D #6D151E #4A6D15 #156D64

split-complementary

#38156D #6D6415 #1E6D15

monochromatic

#0D051A #1E0B3A #38156D #521FA0 #6D29D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#38156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#38156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38156D

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38156D	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.140 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755798',
    500: '#38156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38156d;
$custom-light: #755798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.864,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30849,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38156D

secondary

#7AA33A

accent

#EB3DA6

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38156D

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

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