#38156E#38156E

#38156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.141 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38156E
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.93, 37.44, -44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.93, 58.35, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(30.95% 0.0583 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(30.95% 0.141 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7128, 2.5027, 14.9836)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38156E #4B6E15

analogous

#151E6E #38156E #64156E

triadic

#38156E #6E3815 #156E38

tetradic

#38156E #6E151E #4B6E15 #156E64

square

#38156E #6E151E #4B6E15 #156E64

split-complementary

#38156E #6E6415 #1E6E15

monochromatic

#0D051A #1E0B3B #38156E #521FA1 #6C29D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.99

#38156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#38156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38156E

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38156E	1.00	13.99	1.50	13.99
#FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#282E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.141 294.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.596,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30948,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38156E

secondary

#7BA43A

accent

#EB3DA6

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38156E

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

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