#38166D#38166D

#38166D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.139 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38166D
RGB	rgb(56, 22, 109)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 79.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.00, 36.67, -43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.00, 57.26, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(30.97% 0.0578 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(30.97% 0.139 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.6774, 2.5186, 14.7047)
Luminance	0.0252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo (survey)

#380282

ΔE00 4.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38166D #4B6D16

analogous

#16206D #38166D #63166D

triadic

#38166D #6D3816 #166D38

tetradic

#38166D #6D1620 #4B6D16 #166D63

square

#38166D #6D1620 #4B6D16 #166D63

split-complementary

#38166D #6D6316 #206D16

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1E0C3A #38166D #5220A0 #6C2BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.96

#38166D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#38166D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38166D

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38166D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38166D	1.00	13.96	1.50	13.96
#FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38166d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 22, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.139 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755798',
    500: '#38166d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38166d;
$custom-light: #755798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38166d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.448,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30968,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38166D

secondary

#7BA33C

accent

#E93EA7

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38166D

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

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