#38164A#38164A

#38164A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.096 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38164A
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 74)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 70.3%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.00, 27.03, -25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.00, 37.11, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(27.9% 0.0642 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(27.9% 0.096 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.1536, 1.9091, 6.6796)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38164A #284A16

analogous

#1E164A #38164A #4A1642

triadic

#38164A #4A3816 #164A38

tetradic

#38164A #4A1E16 #284A16 #16424A

square

#38164A #4A1E16 #284A16 #16424A

split-complementary

#38164A #424A16 #164A1E

monochromatic

#120718 #14081B #38164A #5C2479 #7F32A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.20

#38164A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#38164A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38164A

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38164A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38164A	1.00	15.20	1.38	15.20
#FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01244C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36202D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38164a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.096 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71567d',
    500: '#38164a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38164a;
$custom-light: #71567d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38164a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27896,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38164A

secondary

#53823A

accent

#DE4A7D

background

#F6F5F7

surface

#ECE9EE

border

#C7C5C9

text

#080309

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38164A

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

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