#38157C#38157C

#38157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.157 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38157C
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.36, 41.41, -51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.36, 66.02, 308.84°)
OKLab	oklab(32.37% 0.0537 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(32.37% 0.157 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5361, 2.8321, 19.3198)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38157C #597C15

analogous

#15267C #38157C #6B157C

triadic

#38157C #7C3815 #157C38

tetradic

#38157C #7C1526 #597C15 #157C6B

square

#38157C #7C1526 #597C15 #157C6B

split-complementary

#38157C #7C6B15 #267C15

monochromatic

#0C041A #200C48 #38157C #501EB0 #6A30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.41

#38157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#38157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38157C

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38157C	1.00	13.41	1.57	13.41
#FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.157 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7758a3',
    500: '#38157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38157c;
$custom-light: #7758a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.388,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32374,
    "c": 0.15731,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38157C

secondary

#89B13C

accent

#EE3AB1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38157C

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

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