#38157E#38157E

#38157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.160 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38157E
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.57, 41.98, -52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.57, 67.10, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(32.58% 0.053 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(32.58% 0.16 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6638, 2.8832, 19.9927)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38157E #5B7E15

analogous

#15277E #38157E #6D157E

triadic

#38157E #7E3815 #157E38

tetradic

#38157E #7E1527 #5B7E15 #157E6D

square

#38157E #7E1527 #5B7E15 #157E6D

split-complementary

#38157E #7E6D15 #277E15

monochromatic

#0C041A #210C4A #38157E #4F1EB2 #6A31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#38157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#38157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38157E

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38157E	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.160 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7858a4',
    500: '#38157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38157e;
$custom-light: #7858a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32584,
    "c": 0.15962,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38157E

secondary

#8BB33C

accent

#EE3AB2

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38157E

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

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