#38165B#38165B

#38165B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.117 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38165B
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.35, 31.59, -34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.35, 47.00, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(29.29% 0.0622 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(29.29% 0.117 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.8057, 2.1699, 10.1138)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 5.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38165B #395B16

analogous

#16175B #38165B #5B165B

triadic

#38165B #5B3816 #165B38

tetradic

#38165B #5B1617 #395B16 #165B5B

square

#38165B #5B1617 #395B16 #165B5B

split-complementary

#38165B #5B5B16 #175B16

monochromatic

#0F0619 #1A0A2A #38165B #56228C #752EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.64

#38165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#38165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38165B

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38165B	1.00	14.64	1.43	14.64
#FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#312636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.117 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72568a',
    500: '#38165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38165b;
$custom-light: #72568a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.565,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29294,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38165B

secondary

#67923B

accent

#E44495

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38165B

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

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