#38165A#38165A

#38165A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.116 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38165A
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 90)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 75.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.27, 31.32, -34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.27, 46.42, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(29.21% 0.0624 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(29.21% 0.116 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7628, 2.1528, 9.8882)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38165A #385A16

analogous

#16165A #38165A #5A165A

triadic

#38165A #5A3816 #165A38

tetradic

#38165A #5A1616 #385A16 #165A5A

square

#38165A #5A1616 #385A16 #165A5A

split-complementary

#38165A #5A5A16 #165A16

monochromatic

#0F0619 #190A29 #38165A #57228B #752EBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.68

#38165A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#38165A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38165A

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38165A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38165A	1.00	14.68	1.43	14.68
#FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38165a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.116 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725689',
    500: '#38165a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38165a;
$custom-light: #725689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38165a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29206,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38165A

secondary

#66913B

accent

#E44494

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38165A

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

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