#38158D#38158D

#38158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.177 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38158D
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(258, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(258, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.21, 46.23, -59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.21, 75.03, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(34.2% 0.0474 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(34.2% 0.177 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7053, 3.2998, 25.4777)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38158D #6A8D15

analogous

#152E8D #38158D #74158D

triadic

#38158D #8D3815 #158D38

tetradic

#38158D #8D152E #6A8D15 #158D74

square

#38158D #8D152E #6A8D15 #158D74

split-complementary

#38158D #8D7415 #2E8D15

monochromatic

#0E0522 #230D58 #38158D #4D1DC2 #6B3BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#38158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#38158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38158D

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38158D	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#053B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.177 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a59b0',
    500: '#38158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38158d;
$custom-light: #7a59b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34199,
    "c": 0.17676,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38158D

secondary

#9AC13D

accent

#F137BB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38158D

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

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