#38156F#38156F

#38156F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.142 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38156F
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.03, 37.72, -45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.03, 58.90, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(31.05% 0.058 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(31.05% 0.142 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7675, 2.5246, 15.2720)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38156F #4C6F15

analogous

#151F6F #38156F #65156F

triadic

#38156F #6F3815 #156F38

tetradic

#38156F #6F151F #4C6F15 #156F65

square

#38156F #6F151F #4C6F15 #156F65

split-complementary

#38156F #6F6515 #1F6F15

monochromatic

#0D051A #1E0B3C #38156F #521FA2 #6C28D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#38156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#38156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38156F

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38156F	1.00	13.95	1.51	13.95
#FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#272E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.142 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755799',
    500: '#38156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38156f;
$custom-light: #755799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31047,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38156F

secondary

#7CA53A

accent

#EB3DA7

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38156F

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

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