#38158E#38158E

#38158E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.178 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38158E
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.32, 46.51, -59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.32, 75.55, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(34.31% 0.0471 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(34.31% 0.178 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7801, 3.3297, 25.8714)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38158E #6B8E15

analogous

#152F8E #38158E #74158E

triadic

#38158E #8E3815 #158E38

tetradic

#38158E #8E152F #6B8E15 #158E74

square

#38158E #8E152F #6B8E15 #158E74

split-complementary

#38158E #8E7415 #2F8E15

monochromatic

#0E0523 #230D59 #38158E #4D1DC3 #6C3BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#38158E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#38158E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38158E

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38158E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38158E	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38158e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.178 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b59b0',
    500: '#38158e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38158e;
$custom-light: #7b59b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38158e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.355,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34309,
    "c": 0.17788,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38158E

secondary

#9BC23D

accent

#F137BB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #38158E

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

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