#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
RGBrgb(56, 21, 110)
HSLhsl(264, 68%, 26%)
HSVhsv(264, 81%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(49.1%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LABlab(17.93, 37.44, -44.75)
CIE-LCHlch(17.93, 58.35, 309.91°)
OKLaboklab(30.95% 0.0583 -0.1283)
OKLCHoklch(30.95% 0.141 294.4)
XYZxyz(4.7128, 2.5027, 14.9836)
Luminance0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##38156E1.0013.991.5013.99
#FFFFFF13.991.0021.001.00
#0000001.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF13.991.0021.001.00

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

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#38156E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva