#38165D#38165D

#38165D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.119 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38165D
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 93)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 76.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.53, 32.15, -35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.53, 48.15, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.47% 0.0618 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(29.47% 0.119 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8931, 2.2049, 10.5743)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38165D #3B5D16

analogous

#16185D #38165D #5B165D

triadic

#38165D #5D3816 #165D38

tetradic

#38165D #5D1618 #3B5D16 #165D5B

square

#38165D #5D1618 #3B5D16 #165D5B

split-complementary

#38165D #5D5B16 #185D16

monochromatic

#0F0619 #1A0A2C #38165D #56228E #742DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.57

#38165D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#38165D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38165D

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38165D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38165D	1.00	14.57	1.44	14.57
#FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38165d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.119 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73568b',
    500: '#38165d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38165d;
$custom-light: #73568b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38165d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.732,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29471,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38165D

secondary

#69943B

accent

#E54397

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38165D

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

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