#38157A#38157A

#38157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.155 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38157A
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(261, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.15, 40.84, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.15, 64.94, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(32.17% 0.0544 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(32.17% 0.155 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4109, 2.7820, 18.6605)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38157A #577A15

analogous

#15257A #38157A #6A157A

triadic

#38157A #7A3815 #157A38

tetradic

#38157A #7A1525 #577A15 #157A6A

square

#38157A #7A1525 #577A15 #157A6A

split-complementary

#38157A #7A6A15 #257A15

monochromatic

#0C041A #200C46 #38157A #501EAE #6A2EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#38157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#38157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38157A

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38157A	1.00	13.49	1.56	13.49
#FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#203348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.155 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7758a1',
    500: '#38157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38157a;
$custom-light: #7758a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.792,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32165,
    "c": 0.155,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38157A

secondary

#87AF3B

accent

#ED3AAF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38157A

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

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