#38165F#38165F

#38165F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.122 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38165F
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 95)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 76.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.70, 32.71, -36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.70, 49.30, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(29.65% 0.0614 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(29.65% 0.122 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.9828, 2.2408, 11.0469)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38165F #3D5F16

analogous

#16195F #38165F #5C165F

triadic

#38165F #5F3816 #165F38

tetradic

#38165F #5F1619 #3D5F16 #165F5C

square

#38165F #5F1619 #3D5F16 #165F5C

split-complementary

#38165F #5F5C16 #195F16

monochromatic

#0F0619 #1B0A2D #38165F #552291 #732DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#38165F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#38165F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38165F

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38165F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38165F	1.00	14.50	1.45	14.50
#FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38165f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.122 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73578d',
    500: '#38165f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38165f;
$custom-light: #73578d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38165f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.945,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2965,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38165F

secondary

#6C963B

accent

#E54299

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38165F

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

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