#38157B#38157B

#38157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.156 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38157B
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(261, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.25, 41.13, -50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.25, 65.48, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(32.27% 0.054 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(32.27% 0.156 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4732, 2.8069, 18.9884)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38157B #587B15

analogous

#15257B #38157B #6B157B

triadic

#38157B #7B3815 #157B38

tetradic

#38157B #7B1525 #587B15 #157B6B

square

#38157B #7B1525 #587B15 #157B6B

split-complementary

#38157B #7B6B15 #257B15

monochromatic

#0C041A #200C47 #38157B #501EAF #6A2FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.45

#38157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#38157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38157B

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38157B	1.00	13.45	1.56	13.45
#FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.156 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7758a2',
    500: '#38157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38157b;
$custom-light: #7758a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.588,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32269,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38157B

secondary

#88B03B

accent

#EE3AB0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38157B

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

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