#38157D#38157D

#38157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.158 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38157D
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.46, 41.69, -51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.46, 66.56, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(32.48% 0.0533 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(32.48% 0.158 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.5996, 2.8575, 19.6546)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38157D #5A7D15

analogous

#15267D #38157D #6C157D

triadic

#38157D #7D3815 #157D38

tetradic

#38157D #7D1526 #5A7D15 #157D6C

square

#38157D #7D1526 #5A7D15 #157D6C

split-complementary

#38157D #7D6C15 #267D15

monochromatic

#0C041A #210C49 #38157D #4F1EB1 #6A30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#38157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#38157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38157D

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38157D	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.158 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7758a4',
    500: '#38157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38157d;
$custom-light: #7758a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.192,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32479,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38157D

secondary

#8AB23C

accent

#EE3AB1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38157D

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

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