#38165C#38165C

#38165C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.118 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38165C
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 92)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 76.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.44, 31.87, -35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.44, 47.57, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(29.38% 0.062 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(29.38% 0.118 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8491, 2.1873, 10.3425)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.99

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38165C #3A5C16

analogous

#16175C #38165C #5B165C

triadic

#38165C #5C3816 #165C38

tetradic

#38165C #5C1617 #3A5C16 #165C5B

square

#38165C #5C1617 #3A5C16 #165C5B

split-complementary

#38165C #5C5B16 #175C16

monochromatic

#0F0619 #1A0A2B #38165C #56228D #742EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.61

#38165C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#38165C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38165C

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38165C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38165C	1.00	14.61	1.44	14.61
#FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38165c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.118 301.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38165c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29382,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38165C

secondary

#68933B

accent

#E54396

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38165C

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

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